Dear Surajit: very nice pictures and follow up of a tree and its fruits that we do not see in urban tended gardens...
Ek-Kodi Ghosh moshay (of Kol Bot G) writes in his book that another plant ( Biophytum sensitvum is also called Bon-naranga...) and also seen in Howrah and Hooghly... along roads and streets... Knowing you, we will see it sooner or later Be well Usha di === On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 2:27 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply: > "The plant is *Gelonium multiflorum* of Euphorbiaceae. It is very common > in south Bengal and along the coastal regions!! > PROF. A.P. DAS > Dept of Botany > North Bengal University > +919434061591" > > Thanks, Dr. Das. > > On 11 May 2012 13:57, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again forId confirmation orotherwise please. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >> Date: 27 April 2012 23:53 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:114859] fig size fruit ID from Hooghly 27-04-12 SK >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Sir / Madam, >> >> This is a small tree bearing fig or NIMBU size fruits found on roadside. >> Is this BON-NARENGA, the plant which is used to treat skin disease? >> >> Species : Gelonium multiflorum (syn . Suregada multiflora) ??? >> Habit & Habitat : small tree, about 10 ft, wild roadside >> Date : 25-04-12, 10.05 a.m. >> Place : Gobra (Hooghly), WB >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1860 members & >> 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1860 members & > 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- Usha di ===========
