Oh wonderful I am always amazed at the depth of your knowledge Thank you... Gurcharanji
Usha di == On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Ushadi > Perhaps answer may be linked here: > "The pith in the stems is used as tinder, and the twigs also make an > inextinguishable slow-match." > > > http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Leptadenia,pyrotechnica&p=Leptadenia+pyrotechnica > > Or here > > "the specific epithet pyrotechnica .....was given as Forsskal noticed that > Arabs were using fibres of its stem to produce fire using stone and flint" > > > http://books.google.co.in/books?id=8j0jK23DkfsC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=leptadenia+pyrotechnica+origin+of+epithet+pyrotechnica&source=bl&ots=A7lZQ7E51k&sig=yixD4EUWzTMWCWCrDE-L68Ed1BQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=awaIUNHIEYrBigL5yoCgBg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=leptadenia%20pyrotechnica%20origin%20of%20epithet%20pyrotechnica&f=false > > > > -- > 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 Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:09 AM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I wonder why pyrotechnica????? >> >> its used for roofs of huts, >> if it combusts spontaneously it could not have been useful for >> thatching... >> so makes me wonder.... >> ??? >> >> Usha di >> >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I hope Leptadaenia pyrotechnica (Asclepiadaceae, now Apocynaceae). >>> >>> -- >>> 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 Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Beautiful photographs. Thanks Renee ji for sharing. >>>> Regards >>>> Prashant >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 10:11 PM, renee vyas Vyas <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Friends, >>>>> >>>>> Please help to identify this small shrub.....I found it flowering in >>>>> Tal Chappar wildlife Sanctuary in Churu district of Rajasthan between >>>>> Ratangarh & Sujjangarh about 220 km from Jaipur. This area is located on >>>>> the fringe of the Great Indian Desert, famous for large number of Black >>>>> Bucks, has sandy saline soil with open grassland scattered with Acasia >>>>> nilotica, Prosopis cineraria, Parkinsonia aculeata, Capparis decidua etc. >>>>> >>>>> With Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Renee >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> > > > -- Usha di =========== --
