Nice photographs Dinesh ji -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Excellent shots > > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Mimosa pudica * L. >> >> >> >> - *mim-MOH-suh* -- from the word for mimic, referring to the movement >> of the leaves >> *pud-EE-kuh* -- shrinking, closing, modest >> >> >> [image: Lajwanti (Hindi: >> लाजवंती)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1453442922%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeSOa0rJP7PD70Si_I2ZEPauALmXQ> >> Sep 28, 2007 ... in a resort garden, along NH8 near Chinchoti, Thane, >> Maharashtra >> >> >> *commonly known as*: humble plant, sensitive plant (Australia), shame >> plant, sleeping grass, prayer plant, touch-me-not • *Assamese*: nilajban >> • *Bengali*: laajak, lajjabati, lajjavathi • *Gujarati*: reesamani • * >> Hindi*: छुई-मुई chui-mui, लाजवंती lajwanti, lajouni • *Kannada*: >> muttidare muni • *Malayalam*: thottavaadi, tintarmani • *Manipuri*: >> ikaithabi, kangphal • *Marathi*: लाजाळू laajaalu, लाजरी laajari • * >> Sanskrit*: khadiraka, lajjalu, namaskaar, namaskaari, raktapaadi, >> samangaa, shamipatra • *Tamil*: தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி thottaccurungi, >> tottalavaadi • *Telugu*: attaapatti >> >> *Native of* probable origin neotropics: naturalized pantropically; also >> cultivated >> >> *References*: Flowers of >> India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FTouch%2520Me%2520Not.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzev6uIb0CDBJYrmaxD_fiZXGubUhQ>• >> M.M.N.P.D.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au%2FSorting%2FMimosa.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcrlupp32u-_gZgKimxeUC-Bpkrwg>• >> Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSensitive_plant&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd_Wtnw0S7KRf8moIDshwbpi_QsEw> >> >> >> *more views*: >> >> - May 12, 2007 ... at Malpe beach, Karnataka >> [image: Mimosa >> pudica]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F504309464%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfNZ822fms4cXncACAftmtxbtfkhQ> >> - Sep 24, 2008 ... somewhere along Ghodbunder Road, Thane, Maharashtra >> [image: Thottaccurungi (Tamil: >> தொட்டாச்சுருங்கி)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2886020284%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzddopznvBUw4M4nknXts4PQa-FINw> >> - Mar 5, 2011 ... in Bhile, Chiplun, Maharashtra >> [image: muttidare muni (in >> Kannada)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5506814674%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeXZKCQgyivmwDbhrGg97HtFeR6bw> >> >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh > > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 >
