Ok... glad you like the rest of the info---- but you missed the questions I asked in the first sentence.... did you take any pictures of the plant or the pani phal???
Usha di On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Vedprakash Singh <[email protected] > wrote: > excellent !!! > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Can we see Trapa natans plants or the fruits from these fileds... >> did you you take any pics of the plants and fruits... >> >> The plant leaves arrange themselves in a mathematical model... just >> like the sunflower seeds... >> >> >> Pani-phal is in season right now... in Bengal.. >> and no wonder so expensive... >> Harvesting them means so many man- hours under difficult working >> conditions... >> >> Cant the fields be flooded and pani phal harvested as they do the >> Cranberries in the northeast USA?? >> >> Also: Trapa natans are a dreaded nuisance in NE USA: >> >> http://www.anstaskforce.gov/Species%20plans/Water%20Chestnut%20Mgt%20Plan.pdf >> >> exotic food of one country is dreaded nuisance of another... >> >> just like the Rajanigandha is flower of romantic ideas in India/ >> Bengal in particular, where as used by Funeral homes mainly, and hence >> symbol of mourning in USA ... >> >> No telling what / how humans think in different situations, climates/ >> countries... >> >> USha di >> ============ >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 18, 6:20 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Looks like Bihar or nearby west Bengal to me. I may be wrong though. >> > They have lot of plantation of Trapa natans there. >> > Regards >> > Pankaj >> > >> > On Nov 18, 2:08 am, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Thanks Vedprakash Singh ji. Which place is this? >> > > Regards >> > > Prashant >> > >> > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > > Greeting to you too. >> > > > Thanks for your kind wishes >> > > > Tanay >> > >> > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Vedprakash Singh < >> > > > [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > >> seasons greetings >> > >> > > >> ~ v p singh >> > >> > > > -- >> > > > *Tanay Bose* >> > > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >> > > > Department of Botany. >> > > > University of British Columbia . >> > > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> > > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> > > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >> > > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> > > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> > > > [email protected] >> > > > *Webpages:* >> > > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html >> > > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html >> > > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >> > > Usha di================ ===========================
