Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji. Regards Prashant On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks Prashant ji > Mainly because the fruit is rounded and flat like a coin. > > -- > 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 Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Interesting common names. Would love to know the significance of these >> common names... >> Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for sharing. >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 5:40 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Pl. read Lunaria annua >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> *Lunaria annual* L., Sp. pl. 2:653. 1753 >>>> >>>> Common names: Honesty plant, annual honesty, money plant, silver >>>> dollar, Chinese money, Chinese coins, penny-flower >>>> >>>> Branched hairy annual or biennial herb with broadly cordate coarsely >>>> toothed leaves, lower stalked, upper sessile; flowers violet to pink, on up >>>> to 20-flowered racemes, without bracts; petals 2-3 cm long, obovate, >>>> strongly veined; fruit nearly orbicular, flattened, up to 4 cm long, >>>> slightly less broader; seeds few. >>>> >>>> Photographed from our house garden in Balgarden, Srinagar Kashmir on >>>> May 5, 2012. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/ >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > --
