Dear Dinesh, Another fantastic upload. I think almost everyone must be familiar with one of our eflora member; "*Adittya Dharap*". He use to write series of articles on wild flowers in Marathi daily "Loksatta". He has written one very nice and informative article on *Dioscorea pentaphylla* where in he has named this as "*Motiya*", very appropriate name . I liked this article very much and thought of sharing with you all. Here is the link for the same. This was published on 24th July 2010.
http://www.loksatta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88255:2010-07-23-04-49-02&catid=194:2009-08-14-02-31-30&Itemid=194 Well done Adittya... Regards Prashant On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dinesh ji for another interesting upload. > > -- > 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, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:55 AM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> what a lot of flower buds >> no intact leaf? insects love it..I guess >> >> usha di >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> [image: ... Kas >>> skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> >>> Kas >>> plateau ... about 4000 ft asl >>> ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India >>> ------------------------------ >>> 28 SEP 08 >>> * Dioscorea pentaphylla * L. ... (family: Dioscoreaceae) >>> *dy-oh-SKOR-ee-uh* -- named for Pedanios Dioscorides, Greek >>> pharmacologist ... Dave's >>> Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DDioscorea&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfd2KdVUFkE_4HY5K93PzBLjUbFsQ> >>> *pen-tuh-FIL-uh* -- from the Greek *penta* (five) and *phyllum* (leaf) >>> ... Dave's >>> Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dpentaphylla&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcyp5g2xsOxgPraZJooFpb3aCKTRA> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: Fiji yam, five-leaved yam, mountain yam, mouse >>> root, prickly yam, wild yam • *Bengali*: কাঁটা আলু kanta alu • *Hindi*: >>> कांटा आलू kanta alu • *Kannada*: ಕಾಡು ಗುಮ್ಬಳ kaadu gumbala • *Konkani*: >>> तीळ करंडी til karandi • *Malayalam*: noora, neynoora • *Manipuri*: হা >>> ha • *Marathi*: babra, शेंडवेल shendvel • *Nepalese*: मिठे तरुल mithe >>> tarul • *Oriya*: kontaalu • *Sanskrit*: कण्टकालुकः kantakaluka • *Tamil*: >>> காட்டுவள்ளி kaattuvalli, நூறை nuurai • *Telugu*: అడవి గెనుసు తీగ adavi >>> genasu tiga >>> >>> *Native to*: s China, Japan, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, >>> n Australia >>> >>> *References*: Flowers of >>> India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FFive%2520Leaf%2520Yam.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeyf1yGLRbD212iyTmhcSz2oewpoA>• >>> ENVIS >>> - >>> FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org.in%2Fbotanical_search.php%3Ftxtbtname%3DDioscorea%2Bpenta%26gesp%3D826%257CDioscorea%2Bpentaphylla%2BL.&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeyE5CUdhvHXnyXoOr34kwWwLtgeg>• >>> NPGS >>> / >>> GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F14237&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfy09ZIDnz9XUKFFaRgFTM8J5G6Qg>• >>> eFlora<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efloras.org%2Fflorataxon.aspx%3Fflora_id%3D2%26taxon_id%3D200028128&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdFPWH7tuLUj9G3GzzgZ2sGN6WQDw>• >>> DDSA<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdsal.uchicago.edu%2Fdictionaries%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6uenyoQ09XSR__kqQB9oTVQ4dNQ> >>> [image: Dioscorea pentaphylla >>> L.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902389478%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeP5jFBjYLT-zbJDkUcXmowu0h9eQ> >>> >>> [image: Kantakaluka (Sanskrit: >>> कण्टकालुकः)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902392298%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfr9L1mtE0_CpbLnFqWkeAaS9vXzA> >>> >>> [image: Shendvel (Marathi: >>> शॆंडवेल)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2901703221%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc8-s-RjWYGv30rO45_DNiFr1dpQg> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > > > > --
