Lovely Shots Sir On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for appreciation 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Many thanks for sharing newer and newer plants, Gurcharan ji -- ... >> IMG_8213-Kashmir-2.jpg is very beautiful. >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Tanacetum cinerariifolium* (Trevir.) Sch. Bip., Tanaceteen 58. 1844 >>> Syn: *Pyrethrum cinerariifolium* Trevir. (basionym);*Chrysanthemum >>> cinerariifolium* (Trevir.) Vis. >>> >>> Common names: Pyrethrum, Dalmatian insect-flower, Dalmatian pyrethrum >>> >>> Perennial herb reaching 55 cm, unbranched or branched from base, >>> pubescent with silvery-grey hairs; leaves alternate, lower long-petiolate, >>> 2-3-pinnatisect with linear-oblong less than 2 mm broad silverygrey >>> segments, upper leaves smaller, short-petioled, uppermost sessile; heads >>> terminal, usually solitary on long peduncle, rarely in corymbs, radiate, >>> 2-4 cm across, with yellow centre (disc florets) and usually 12-15 white >>> ray florets which are 10-15 cm long and 3-toothed at tip; achenes 3-3.5 mm >>> long, 5-ribbed. >>> >>> The plant is cultivated in Kashmir at many places for extraction of >>> pyrethrin used as insecticide; dried flower heads are pulverised to extract >>> the active principle; crushed leaves and flower heads rubbed on body >>> prevent insect bite. Photographed from Herbal garden below Cheshma shahi in >>> Srinagar, Kashmir. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >> > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
