Dinesh ji Thanks for sharing this. Prashant ji Thanks for sharing the article. Adittya ji Very nice article indeed. Though the name is D. pentaphylla ; the the leaves are often trifoliate rather than with five foliate. Dr Satish Phadke
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> =========== >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > --
