Re: [efloraofindia:59956] Sending photo from Hemis National Park
beautiful photo. the plant is so delicate :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: Hemis High National Park is in the high altitudes of Jammu and Kashmir. Dr. Amit has done his PhD on the Flora of this park. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.com wrote: is this a fractal structure maybe? :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Amit ji Where is Hemis National park situated? Is the place similar to Leh Ladakh/ Spiti valley as you have said it to be a cold desert? Dr Phadke On 10 January 2011 11:27, amit chauhan amitci...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Attaching photo of Astragalus munroi Benth. ex Bunge family Fabaceae another tiny cold desert perennial. -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in -- -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India --
Re: [efloraofindia:59961] ID requested (DSCF3894)
This is *Calamus* species. commonly called as 'Rattans' On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Rakesh dineshelectric...@live.in wrote: Picture taken in Dudhwa NP (U.P.) 24.03.2008. Found in abundance throught the jungle. It is different from the normal palm that we grow in our gardens. Main stem is slender having a tendency to creep. Thorns are present in the leaves. Locally it is referred as 'Tiger palm'. Rakesh -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
Re: [efloraofindia:59963] Sending photo from Hemis National Park
Hi, As told by Pankajji (I forgot to mention it) the NP is situated in Ladakh, cold desert region of Jammu Kashmir On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.comwrote: beautiful photo. the plant is so delicate :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: Hemis High National Park is in the high altitudes of Jammu and Kashmir. Dr. Amit has done his PhD on the Flora of this park. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.com wrote: is this a fractal structure maybe? :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Amit ji Where is Hemis National park situated? Is the place similar to Leh Ladakh/ Spiti valley as you have said it to be a cold desert? Dr Phadke On 10 January 2011 11:27, amit chauhan amitci...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Attaching photo of Astragalus munroi Benth. ex Bunge family Fabaceae another tiny cold desert perennial. -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in -- -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in
[efloraofindia:59966] Re: Sri Lanka : Arum for ID : 070111 : AK-2
I think Anthurium plowmanii Croat Pudji Widodo Fabio Unsoed Purwokerto Indonesia
Re: [efloraofindia:59971] Ornamental bush for id 110111MK03
Seems like Juniperus communis to me. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common ornamental bush plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 04:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 1 m *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* smaller linear *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
[efloraofindia:59972] Plz confirn id Parochetus sp.
Dear All Its a species of *Parochetus communis* or any another species of *Parochetus *. On leaves of *Parochetus communis* black and yellow lines are present on the attach plant the black line is followed by red line. Recorded from Near Jang village in Tawang Dist of Arunachal Pradesh Flw: December Elevation 2000 m With Regards -- Pravir Deshmukh 09717611977
[efloraofindia:59975] Re: ornamental herb for id 110111MK2
Could this be any *Verbena* sp.? On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common garden plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 03:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 30cm *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* dissected *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* raceme *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* varied colours; ca. 1.5cm across; *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
[efloraofindia:59976] Re: ID requested (DSCF3894)
Its a Calamus floribundus, commonly known as Cane and used for making baskets. Pravir Deshmukh
Re: [efloraofindia:59977] Re: ornamental herb for id 110111MK2
I agree with you. It is Verbena , but I do not know the species name. It is a perenial plant. Promila On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote: Could this be any *Verbena* sp.? On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common garden plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 03:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 30cm *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* dissected *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* raceme *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* varied colours; ca. 1.5cm across; *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
Re: [efloraofindia:59979] Physalis for id 110111MK1
Could this be* Physalis angulata*??? On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Please help to id this *Physalis* sp. of Solanaceae. *Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 11:20 AM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Chennai *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* ground weed *Plant Habit-* herb *Height/Length-* ca. 30cm *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* 5 x 3 cm *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* cyme *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* yellow; ca. 1.5cm across *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * ca. 3 cm across *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- *Manudev K Madhavan* Systematic Floristic Lab, Department of Botany, Centre for Postgraduate Studies Research St. Joseph's College, Devagiri Kozhikode- 673 008 Mob: 9496470738
Re: [efloraofindia:59980] Ornamental bush for id 110111MK03
Hi, If cones fleshy Thuja occidentalis and if woody Juniperus communis On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.comwrote: Seems like Juniperus communis to me. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common ornamental bush plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 04:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 1 m *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* smaller linear *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in
Re: [efloraofindia:59981] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cydonia oblonga, the Quince
yes, the german name is Quitte, The fruits have a very nice flavour. Making jam is very tedious though. The fruit has sharp hair and cutting the fruit is not a pleasent job. Many people give away thefruits from their garden, because of too much woek it creates. Regards Nalini - Original Message - From: Gurcharan Singh To: efloraofindia Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 6:15 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:59902] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cydonia oblonga, the Quince Cydonia oblonga, the Quince, a fruit mostly used in jams and marmalades. The fruits are eaten ofter partial cooking or steaming. Local names Hindi: Bihi Tam: Shimaimathala Tel: Simadanimma Kan: Simedalimbe Kashmir: Bamtsunt -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:59983] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cydonia oblonga, the Quince
Yes Nabha ji It is cumbersome. In Kashmir we used to put in chulha (wooden stove), angithi (charcoal stove) or kangri (mobile heaters Kashmiris use with fine burning charcoal: chinar-Platanus leaves are ideal), peel off the skin and eat. The trouble was worth taking, as it has a unique taste. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:14 PM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: yes, the german name is Quitte, The fruits have a very nice flavour. Making jam is very tedious though. The fruit has sharp hair and cutting the fruit is not a pleasent job. Many people give away thefruits from their garden, because of too much woek it creates. Regards Nalini - Original Message - *From:* Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com *To:* efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Monday, January 10, 2011 6:15 PM *Subject:* [efloraofindia:59902] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cydonia oblonga, the Quince Cydonia oblonga, the Quince, a fruit mostly used in jams and marmalades. The fruits are eaten ofter partial cooking or steaming. Local names Hindi: Bihi Tam: Shimaimathala Tel: Simadanimma Kan: Simedalimbe Kashmir: Bamtsunt -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:59984] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato
yes madhuri ji, I remember many things of my childhood made of ratala. At my grandfathers place we used to make handi, an earthen pot filled with ratalas put in the charcoal fire for some time. these then we used to eat with milk and gul. Mouthwatering. In germany we get very rarely ratala. The only indian shop in Bremen is 25 km away and so less chance of eating ratala these days. i don't know, if i can grow them in my garden. How are they grown? seeds? Nalini - Original Message - From: formpeja...@yahoo.com To: Gurcharan Singh ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:59 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59926] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato We prepare upama like dishof it for fast called kis. Nabhaji may remember Aashadhi Ekadashi fast of her childhood. There is some Ipomea called Jangali ratalu. The tribals love it. We planted these near a rainharvesting pond. It grew and spread nicely. One fine day all plants were uprooted. It was a terrible site. All ratalus were eaten. What is that variety. Leaves similar to your photo but smaller and slight redish tinge on stem. Madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -- From: Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com Sender: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:05:29 +0530 To: efloraofindiaindiantreepix@googlegroups.com Subject: [efloraofindia:59925] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, the Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas, the sweet potato, the tuberous roots used as food after boiling, baking or frying, usually as chat. Local names: Hindi: Shakarkandi, Mitha alu Beng: Lal alu, ranga alu Mar: Ratalu Guj: Kamangi, Sakaria Tel: Chelagada Tam: Sakkareivelleikilangu Mal: Chakarakilangu Kan: Genasu -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:59985] Alstonia scholaris in fruit
ok cool ! -- wonderful to know that there are things out there that are genuinely not a big deal -- -- :) :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: This is true that we cant interpret science with our theories. They are just hypothesis and assumptions. The number of leaflets in compound leaves vary a lot but that too depend on the species. In some plants the numbers are always fixed, like Butea (3), Marsilea (4), Regnellidium (2); but in some like members of Araliaceae, Alstonia, Bombax etc. Its not a big deal. Personally I feel, it may be due to availability of nutrient during that particular times. Its just like having twin or quadruplet or triplet baby. You can never predict it in advance!!! Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.com wrote: i started trying to figure out the logic in the number of leaves on each compound leaf. 6 on some twigs, repeated, if there are 7 then this is also repeated on the next level, others have 9. then i googled and found alstonia scholaris used in a scientific paper to model a virtual tree. after applying the procedure the author says the difference between the model constructed from our system and the target plant remains. this is because of the complexity in nature which [sic] the random could not easily interpreted and calculated by humans. (p.6). i still have not found anything about the maths underlying the number of leaves on compound leaves as the tree grows. so i offer this link as a small contribution to the stories instead. my conclusion: it must be this gap between what would be mathematically perfect and what is, that makes nature so perfect. :) http://bioquest.org/products/files/13157_Real-time%203D%20Plant%20Structure%20Modeling%20by%20L-System.pdf On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: I dont know, may be the leaves are insect repellent. There are could be other reasons. There are some funny stories about many such plants. For example, why Julius Ceaser had this Laurel Leaf crown though he was a king!!! People say that he was bald and so some herbal medicine guy told him to wear Laurel Leaf Crown to get back the hairs. When people came to know about this, they started making fun of him. Embarrassed by this, he made a rule that Laurel Leaf crown will be worn only by the royal king and even started giving this as prize to the athletes even in during Olympics. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:22 AM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: two more questions: what is so special about this leaf? the leaf dosen't look so big! Is there any foto available of this giving Thanks Nalini - Original Message - From: Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com To: nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de Cc: tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com; kiran srivastava srivastava...@gmail.com; analawa...@gmail.com; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com; atthar.rash...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59908] Alstonia scholaris in fruit The compound leaf was used as a plate and the degree which was usually on the paper or parchment sheet or may be leather, or whatever, is kept on the plate. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:05 AM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: Is the text written on the leaves? how is that done? - Original Message - From: tanay bose To: Pankaj Kumar Cc: kiran srivastava ; analawa...@gmail.com ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com ; atthar.rash...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59906] Alstonia scholaris in fruit This is still a practice in Viswa Bharati university shantiniketan, west bengal India Tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: Its called SCHOLARIS because, the old times plates of leaves were exclusively used to give away degrees to the students. Pankaj On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:37 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: The state tree of Bengal tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: One of the local names of Alstonia scholaris is CHHATIM or CHATNI CHAAL. The bark is supposed to be very useful for blood purification especially in case of diabetes or Jaundice in Jharkhand as well as in Ayurveda. Thats why Mr. Nalwade must have seen bark scrapping. Pankaj On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:41 PM, kiran srivastava srivastava...@gmail.com wrote: A little trivia: Large branches of the big Alstonia scholaris tree behind the house I temporarily stay in Delhi was cut down ostensibly to allow the sun rays on the flower bed in the small park. Apparently, the local garden community had this tree trimmed by the NDMC authorities. But it wouldn't surprise me if branches of trees are cut to allow the sun in winter to
Re: [efloraofindia:59986] Re: ornamental herb for id 110111MK2
I think Verbena bipinnatifida -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:59 PM, promila chaturvedi thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with you. It is Verbena , but I do not know the species name. It is a perenial plant. Promila On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote: Could this be any *Verbena* sp.? On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common garden plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 03:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 30cm *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* dissected *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* raceme *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* varied colours; ca. 1.5cm across; *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
Re: [efloraofindia:59987] Re: Fruits Vegetables Week: Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, the Budha's hand
yes, very interesting! Never seen here in Germany. Regards Nalini - Original Message - From: Ritesh Choudhary ritesh@gmail.com To: efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:22 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:59920] Re: Fruits Vegetables Week: Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, the Budha's hand Ohh..Its very unusual! I too have never seen this. Thanks a lot sir for sharing this. Regards, Ritesh.
Re: [efloraofindia:59988] Alstonia scholaris in fruit
I could not figure out i started trying to figure out the logic in the number of leaves on each compound leaf Alstonia and compound leaf? It is fine if we talk about number of leaves in each whorl on branches. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.comwrote: ok cool ! -- wonderful to know that there are things out there that are genuinely not a big deal -- -- :) :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: This is true that we cant interpret science with our theories. They are just hypothesis and assumptions. The number of leaflets in compound leaves vary a lot but that too depend on the species. In some plants the numbers are always fixed, like Butea (3), Marsilea (4), Regnellidium (2); but in some like members of Araliaceae, Alstonia, Bombax etc. Its not a big deal. Personally I feel, it may be due to availability of nutrient during that particular times. Its just like having twin or quadruplet or triplet baby. You can never predict it in advance!!! Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.com wrote: i started trying to figure out the logic in the number of leaves on each compound leaf. 6 on some twigs, repeated, if there are 7 then this is also repeated on the next level, others have 9. then i googled and found alstonia scholaris used in a scientific paper to model a virtual tree. after applying the procedure the author says the difference between the model constructed from our system and the target plant remains. this is because of the complexity in nature which [sic] the random could not easily interpreted and calculated by humans. (p.6). i still have not found anything about the maths underlying the number of leaves on compound leaves as the tree grows. so i offer this link as a small contribution to the stories instead. my conclusion: it must be this gap between what would be mathematically perfect and what is, that makes nature so perfect. :) http://bioquest.org/products/files/13157_Real-time%203D%20Plant%20Structure%20Modeling%20by%20L-System.pdf On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: I dont know, may be the leaves are insect repellent. There are could be other reasons. There are some funny stories about many such plants. For example, why Julius Ceaser had this Laurel Leaf crown though he was a king!!! People say that he was bald and so some herbal medicine guy told him to wear Laurel Leaf Crown to get back the hairs. When people came to know about this, they started making fun of him. Embarrassed by this, he made a rule that Laurel Leaf crown will be worn only by the royal king and even started giving this as prize to the athletes even in during Olympics. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:22 AM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: two more questions: what is so special about this leaf? the leaf dosen't look so big! Is there any foto available of this giving Thanks Nalini - Original Message - From: Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com To: nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de Cc: tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com; kiran srivastava srivastava...@gmail.com; analawa...@gmail.com; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com; atthar.rash...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59908] Alstonia scholaris in fruit The compound leaf was used as a plate and the degree which was usually on the paper or parchment sheet or may be leather, or whatever, is kept on the plate. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:05 AM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: Is the text written on the leaves? how is that done? - Original Message - From: tanay bose To: Pankaj Kumar Cc: kiran srivastava ; analawa...@gmail.com ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com ; atthar.rash...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59906] Alstonia scholaris in fruit This is still a practice in Viswa Bharati university shantiniketan, west bengal India Tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: Its called SCHOLARIS because, the old times plates of leaves were exclusively used to give away degrees to the students. Pankaj On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:37 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: The state tree of Bengal tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: One of the local names of Alstonia scholaris is CHHATIM or CHATNI CHAAL. The bark is supposed to be very useful for blood purification
Re: [efloraofindia:59989] Alstonia scholaris in fruit
sorry gurcharanji: i am a total amateur -- i was counting the number of leaves on each whorl - but could not find a pattern -- thanks for correction :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: I could not figure out i started trying to figure out the logic in the number of leaves on each compound leaf Alstonia and compound leaf? It is fine if we talk about number of leaves in each whorl on branches. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.com wrote: ok cool ! -- wonderful to know that there are things out there that are genuinely not a big deal -- -- :) :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: This is true that we cant interpret science with our theories. They are just hypothesis and assumptions. The number of leaflets in compound leaves vary a lot but that too depend on the species. In some plants the numbers are always fixed, like Butea (3), Marsilea (4), Regnellidium (2); but in some like members of Araliaceae, Alstonia, Bombax etc. Its not a big deal. Personally I feel, it may be due to availability of nutrient during that particular times. Its just like having twin or quadruplet or triplet baby. You can never predict it in advance!!! Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.com wrote: i started trying to figure out the logic in the number of leaves on each compound leaf. 6 on some twigs, repeated, if there are 7 then this is also repeated on the next level, others have 9. then i googled and found alstonia scholaris used in a scientific paper to model a virtual tree. after applying the procedure the author says the difference between the model constructed from our system and the target plant remains. this is because of the complexity in nature which [sic] the random could not easily interpreted and calculated by humans. (p.6). i still have not found anything about the maths underlying the number of leaves on compound leaves as the tree grows. so i offer this link as a small contribution to the stories instead. my conclusion: it must be this gap between what would be mathematically perfect and what is, that makes nature so perfect. :) http://bioquest.org/products/files/13157_Real-time%203D%20Plant%20Structure%20Modeling%20by%20L-System.pdf On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: I dont know, may be the leaves are insect repellent. There are could be other reasons. There are some funny stories about many such plants. For example, why Julius Ceaser had this Laurel Leaf crown though he was a king!!! People say that he was bald and so some herbal medicine guy told him to wear Laurel Leaf Crown to get back the hairs. When people came to know about this, they started making fun of him. Embarrassed by this, he made a rule that Laurel Leaf crown will be worn only by the royal king and even started giving this as prize to the athletes even in during Olympics. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:22 AM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: two more questions: what is so special about this leaf? the leaf dosen't look so big! Is there any foto available of this giving Thanks Nalini - Original Message - From: Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com To: nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de Cc: tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com; kiran srivastava srivastava...@gmail.com; analawa...@gmail.com; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com; atthar.rash...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59908] Alstonia scholaris in fruit The compound leaf was used as a plate and the degree which was usually on the paper or parchment sheet or may be leather, or whatever, is kept on the plate. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:05 AM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: Is the text written on the leaves? how is that done? - Original Message - From: tanay bose To: Pankaj Kumar Cc: kiran srivastava ; analawa...@gmail.com ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com ; atthar.rash...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59906] Alstonia scholaris in fruit This is still a practice in Viswa Bharati university shantiniketan, west bengal India Tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: Its called SCHOLARIS because, the old times plates of leaves were exclusively used to give away degrees to the students. Pankaj On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:37 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: The state tree of
Re: [efloraofindia:59990] Re: Fruits Vegetables Week: Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, the Budha's hand
Yes interesting to look at. I found few specimens in weekly farmers bazaar in Sunnyvale, California There is plenty of information on the net http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha's_hand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha's_hand http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/taste-test-buddhas-h.html http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/taste-test-buddhas-h.html http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/9/nation/7763374sec=nation http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/9/nation/7763374sec=nation -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:37 PM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: yes, very interesting! Never seen here in Germany. Regards Nalini - Original Message - From: Ritesh Choudhary ritesh@gmail.com To: efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:22 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:59920] Re: Fruits Vegetables Week: Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, the Budha's hand Ohh..Its very unusual! I too have never seen this. Thanks a lot sir for sharing this. Regards, Ritesh.
Re: [efloraofindia:59991] Re: ornamental herb for id 110111MK2
Can* ** Verbena bipinnatifida* grow in low altitudes too? i saw this herb in many districts of low elevations. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: I think Verbena bipinnatifida -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:59 PM, promila chaturvedi thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with you. It is Verbena , but I do not know the species name. It is a perenial plant. Promila On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Could this be any *Verbena* sp.? On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common garden plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 03:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 30cm *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* dissected *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* raceme *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* varied colours; ca. 1.5cm across; *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
Re: [efloraofindia:59992] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cydonia oblonga, the Quince
Thank you prof. Singh ji for the information. chulha (wooden stove)? I know Chulha from my childhood, it was made of soil and we used to burn wood in it. Would be very nice if you can post fotos of these three varieties, whne you have time. Thanks Nalini - Original Message - From: Gurcharan Singh To: nabha meghani Cc: efloraofindia Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:44 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59902] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cydonia oblonga, the Quince Yes Nabha ji It is cumbersome. In Kashmir we used to put in chulha (wooden stove), angithi (charcoal stove) or kangri (mobile heaters Kashmiris use with fine burning charcoal: chinar-Platanus leaves are ideal), peel off the skin and eat. The trouble was worth taking, as it has a unique taste. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:14 PM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: yes, the german name is Quitte, The fruits have a very nice flavour. Making jam is very tedious though. The fruit has sharp hair and cutting the fruit is not a pleasent job. Many people give away thefruits from their garden, because of too much woek it creates. Regards Nalini - Original Message - From: Gurcharan Singh To: efloraofindia Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 6:15 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:59902] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cydonia oblonga, the Quince Cydonia oblonga, the Quince, a fruit mostly used in jams and marmalades. The fruits are eaten ofter partial cooking or steaming. Local names Hindi: Bihi Tam: Shimaimathala Tel: Simadanimma Kan: Simedalimbe Kashmir: Bamtsunt -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
[efloraofindia:59994] Fruits Vegetables Week: Eriobotrya japonica from Kashmir
Eriobotrya japonica from Kashmir, photographed from Nishat Garden on June 17, 2010. Tanay another fruit for you before you leave Indian Shores. Common names: English: Japanese medlar, Loquat Hindi: Lokat Tam: Ilakotta, Nokkotto Kan: Lakkote German: Jananische Wollmispel -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:59995] Re: ornamental herb for id 110111MK2
Yes, it is common in Delhi also. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote: Can* ** Verbena bipinnatifida* grow in low altitudes too? i saw this herb in many districts of low elevations. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote: I think Verbena bipinnatifida -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:59 PM, promila chaturvedi thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with you. It is Verbena , but I do not know the species name. It is a perenial plant. Promila On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Could this be any *Verbena* sp.? On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common garden plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 03:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 30cm *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* dissected *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* raceme *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* varied colours; ca. 1.5cm across; *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
[efloraofindia:59996] Fruits Vegetables Week: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir
Fragaria vesca from Kashmir, generally growing at lower altitudes, separable from high altitude species F. nubicola in its spreading pubescence and elongated fruit, larger leaves and flowers. Photographed from Tangmarg on June 19, 2010. -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:59999] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cydonia oblonga, the Quince
Yes next time when I go to 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:10 PM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: Thank you prof. Singh ji for the information. chulha (wooden stove)? I know Chulha from my childhood, it was made of soil and we used to burn wood in it. Would be very nice if you can post fotos of these three varieties, whne you have time. Thanks Nalini - Original Message - *From:* Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com *To:* nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de *Cc:* efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:44 PM *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:59902] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cydonia oblonga, the Quince Yes Nabha ji It is cumbersome. In Kashmir we used to put in chulha (wooden stove), angithi (charcoal stove) or kangri (mobile heaters Kashmiris use with fine burning charcoal: chinar-Platanus leaves are ideal), peel off the skin and eat. The trouble was worth taking, as it has a unique taste. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:14 PM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.dewrote: yes, the german name is Quitte, The fruits have a very nice flavour. Making jam is very tedious though. The fruit has sharp hair and cutting the fruit is not a pleasent job. Many people give away thefruits from their garden, because of too much woek it creates. Regards Nalini - Original Message - *From:* Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com *To:* efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Monday, January 10, 2011 6:15 PM *Subject:* [efloraofindia:59902] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cydonia oblonga, the Quince Cydonia oblonga, the Quince, a fruit mostly used in jams and marmalades. The fruits are eaten ofter partial cooking or steaming. Local names Hindi: Bihi Tam: Shimaimathala Tel: Simadanimma Kan: Simedalimbe Kashmir: Bamtsunt -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:60000] Fruits Vegetables Week: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir
no idea what fragaria vesca is but i recognise this from my childhood in switzerland and it surely is the flower of a woodland strawberry ! thanks for the lovely photo :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Attaching now Fruits are delicious and eaten raw. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir, generally growing at lower altitudes, separable from high altitude species F. nubicola in its spreading pubescence and elongated fruit, larger leaves and flowers. Photographed from Tangmarg on June 19, 2010. -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ --
Re: [efloraofindia:60001] Fruits Vegetables Week: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir
Anandi ji You are absolutely right. A very common plant on mountain slopes of temperate and subalpine regions. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.comwrote: no idea what fragaria vesca is but i recognise this from my childhood in switzerland and it surely is the flower of a woodland strawberry ! thanks for the lovely photo :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Attaching now Fruits are delicious and eaten raw. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir, generally growing at lower altitudes, separable from high altitude species F. nubicola in its spreading pubescence and elongated fruit, larger leaves and flowers. Photographed from Tangmarg on June 19, 2010. -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- x
[efloraofindia:60002] Re: Flora of Andaman25-080111-PKA2
Syzygium diospyrifolium (Wall. ex Duthie) S.N.Mitra Pudji Widodo Fakultas Biologi Universitas Jenderal Soedirman PURWOKERTO INDONESIA
Fwd: [efloraofindia:60003] identification no171110sn1
Resurfacing again for ID Earlier feedback Me Tanay...Dicliptera sp. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- Forwarded message -- From: Satish Nikam satish_ni...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:23 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:57150] identification no171110sn1 To: Indiantrees Pics indiantreepix@googlegroups.com sir kindly identify date/time :dec 10 location:mulshi,pune habitat: wild plant habitat: herb height: tiny leaves:--- fruits:--- other information: there was this only flower thanking you with regards satish nikam attachment: IMG_2944-r.jpg
Re: [efloraofindia:60004] Alstonia scholaris in fruit
The Blackboards, which were used in the classes in my time, weremadefrom Scholar's tree. Hence the name Alstonia scholaris. Kiran Ji, choping the braches of trees is ban in Delhi. If somebody does it without forest department's writtenpermision can be sued, and the penalty is one year jail or Rs. 80,000=00 fine or both. Promila On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:24 AM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: This is still a practice in Viswa Bharati university shantiniketan, west bengal India Tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.comwrote: Its called SCHOLARIS because, the old times plates of leaves were exclusively used to give away degrees to the students. Pankaj On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:37 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: The state tree of Bengal tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: One of the local names of Alstonia scholaris is CHHATIM or CHATNI CHAAL. The bark is supposed to be very useful for blood purification especially in case of diabetes or Jaundice in Jharkhand as well as in Ayurveda. Thats why Mr. Nalwade must have seen bark scrapping. Pankaj On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:41 PM, kiran srivastava srivastava...@gmail.com wrote: A little trivia: Large branches of the big Alstonia scholaris tree behind the house I temporarily stay in Delhi was cut down ostensibly to allow the sun rays on the flower bed in the small park. Apparently, the local garden community had this tree trimmed by the NDMC authorities. But it wouldn't surprise me if branches of trees are cut to allow the sun in winter to warm up courtyards that are otherwise completely blotted from the the sun. I have seen it happen. Before it was trimmed the flowers were within touching distance from the 2nd floor terrace. There are several trees such as Semul (Bombax malabaricum) and Siris (Albizia lebbek) growing in small, old colony roads whose branches have spread widely blocking sunlight in homes. They could be trimmed especially, if old people want to sit out and soak in the sun during Delhi's winters...and this winter its really cold. Cheers, Kiran Srivastava On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Rashida Atthar atthar.rash...@gmail.com wrote: Ajay ji according to info. in the book 'Trees of Mumbai' pg 51 ... In olden days the wood of this tree was used to make slates for children, hence scholaris. The book further adds The dita bark of the tree is used in Indian medecine for treating asthma and heart ailments, fever and diarrhoea.During the Diwali festival, the bitter bark is consumed before eating sweets to neutralize the excessive intake of sugar. regards, Rashida. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Ajay Nalawade analawa...@gmail.com wrote: We noted Some Bark scraping in Konkan region. Can anybody tell for which purpose this bark is used??? On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Arijit Banerjee ari...@gmail.com wrote: Alstonia scholaris in fruit, Patuli, Kolkata, India 8 January 2011 The fruits do look quite similar to those of Wrightia tinctoria (Khirni) Arijit Banerjee -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60005] Fruits Vegetables Week: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir
gurcharanji thanks also for giving me the opportunity of revisiting that feeling of i know this I know this. ! :) i am not sure i will ever travel again to collect a photo of such a lovely plant though... let alone pluck the strawberry itself -- every emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is associated with loss of species as they cannot move fast enough to keep up with increased warming -- one is simply in awe of the immense diversity of species as it evolved over the millenia years -- we were truely a lucky generation to have the opportunity to witness this magnificence. green greetings. anandi On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Anandi ji You are absolutely right. A very common plant on mountain slopes of temperate and subalpine regions. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.com wrote: no idea what fragaria vesca is but i recognise this from my childhood in switzerland and it surely is the flower of a woodland strawberry ! thanks for the lovely photo :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Attaching now Fruits are delicious and eaten raw. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir, generally growing at lower altitudes, separable from high altitude species F. nubicola in its spreading pubescence and elongated fruit, larger leaves and flowers. Photographed from Tangmarg on June 19, 2010. -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- x --
Re: [efloraofindia:60007] Fruits Vegetable week - Lady finger-110111MN
The butterfly and the bug looks very nice Mani ji thanks for sharing tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:11 PM, mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, Sending photos of lady finger with two insects on it and a young lady finger plant with a butterfly. Botanical name : Abelmoschus esculentus Common Name : Lady finger, Okra, Bindi Place: Dombivli, Maharashtra Date : 31.12.2010 Regards, Mani. -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60008] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato
It is also known as shakarkandi. And the roasted shakarkandi tastes gorgeous. Promila On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:25 PM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: yes madhuri ji, I remember many things of my childhood made of ratala. At my grandfathers place we used to make handi, an earthen pot filled with ratalas put in the charcoal fire for some time. these then we used to eat with milk and gul. Mouthwatering. In germany we get very rarely ratala. The only indian shop in Bremen is 25 km away and so less chance of eating ratala these days. i don't know, if i can grow them in my garden. How are they grown? seeds? Nalini - Original Message - *From:* formpeja...@yahoo.com *To:* Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:59 AM *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:59926] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato We prepare upama like dishof it for fast called kis. Nabhaji may remember Aashadhi Ekadashi fast of her childhood. There is some Ipomea called Jangali ratalu. The tribals love it. We planted these near a rainharvesting pond. It grew and spread nicely. One fine day all plants were uprooted. It was a terrible site. All ratalus were eaten. What is that variety. Leaves similar to your photo but smaller and slight redish tinge on stem. Madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -- *From: *Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com *Sender: *indiantree...@googlegroups.com *Date: *Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:05:29 +0530 *To: *efloraofindiaindiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Subject: *[efloraofindia:59925] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, the Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas, the sweet potato, the tuberous roots used as food after boiling, baking or frying, usually as chat. Local names: Hindi: Shakarkandi, Mitha alu Beng: Lal alu, ranga alu Mar: Ratalu Guj: Kamangi, Sakaria Tel: Chelagada Tam: Sakkareivelleikilangu Mal: Chakarakilangu Kan: Genasu -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:60010] Fruits Vegetables Week: Malus domestica, the apple
My favorite fruit !! I still follow the rule an apple a keeps the doctor away tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote: Malus domestica, the apple fruit from Delhi market and trees from California. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60011] Fruits Vegetables Week: Malus prunifolia, the plum-leaved crab apple
Seen them growing here too tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote: Malus prunifolia, the plum-leaved crab apple, a small tree often grown in private houses, with plum like leaves and more than an inch long red fruits. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60012] Fruits Vegetables Week: Moringa oleifera, the drumsticks and Soanjna
In bengal both the flower and fruits are taken as food tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote: Moringa oleifera, the drumsticks tree or and Suhanjna treHorseradish tree, with both young pods and flowers used as vegetable. Pods are commonly put in sambar preparations. Local names Hindi: Mungna, Sainjna, shajna Beng: Sajina Mar: Achajhada, shevgi Guj: Midhosaragavo, saragavo Tel: Mulaga, munaga, tellamunaga Tamil: Murugai Kan: Nugge Mal: Mirinna, Sigru, moringa Pun: Soanjna -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60013] Fruits Vegetables Week: Mangifera indica, the mango
Thanks to Mani ji and Sir Ji for a nice and delicious thread tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:46 AM, mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com wrote: Nice photos. I am sending photos of the Alphonso Mango tree planted by me at Pattambi, Kerala. It is a grafted one and the very first year it started flowering, but the flower did not become fruits as I think the tree is very small. Hope it will fruit this year. Regards, Mani. -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60015] Fruits Vegetables Week: Oxalis corniculata, the Indian sorrel
This also called *amrul sak *in Bengali I have seen these are given to kids as tonic because they are known to contain high amount of oxalic acid Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Oxalis corniculata, the Indian sorrel, the leaves are refreshing and eaten as salad or cooked as vegetable. Also usedfor sandwiches, pickles and chutneys. Local names Hindi Beng: Amrul sak, chuka tripatti Mar: Ambuti, anjati, bhinsarpati Tel: Pulichinta Tam: Puliyarai Kan: Hulichikai, Pullam purachi, uppinasoppu Mal: Puliyarel Punj: Amlika -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60016] Plz confirm id Parochetus sp.
*Parochetus communis* or commonly Shamrock Pea I have seen them in Himalayas too generally found near the water bodies, Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Pravir Deshmukh prav...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All Its a species of *Parochetus communis* or any another species of * Parochetus*. On leaves of *Parochetus communis* black and yellow lines are present on the attach plant the black line is followed by red line. Recorded from Near Jang village in Tawang Dist of Arunachal Pradesh Flw: December Elevation 2000 m With Regards -- Pravir Deshmukh 09717611977 -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60017] Ornamental bush for id 110111MK03
Thuja occidentalis tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:02 AM, amit chauhan amitci...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, If cones fleshy Thuja occidentalis and if woody Juniperus communis On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.comwrote: Seems like Juniperus communis to me. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common ornamental bush plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 04:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 1 m *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* smaller linear *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60018] Fruits Vegetables Week: Cynara cardunculus subsp. flavescens, the Globe Artichoke
Thanks Sir never seen the artichoke plant tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:37 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Cynara cardunculus subsp. flavescens (syn: Cynara scolymus), Globe Artichoke. The edible portion of the buds consists primarily of the fleshy lower portions of the involucral bracts and the base, known as the heart; the mass of immature florets in the center of the bud is called the choke. These are inedible in older larger flowers. When harvesting, they are cut from the plant so as to leave an inch or two of stem. Artichokes possess good keeping qualities, frequently remaining quite fresh for two weeks or longer under average retail conditions. Apart from food use, the Globe Artichoke is also an attractive plant for its bright floral display, sometimes grown in herbaceous borders for its bold foliage and large purple flower heads. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60019] Re: ornamental herb for id 110111MK2
Verbena bipinnatifida Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, it is common in Delhi also. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote: Can* ** Verbena bipinnatifida* grow in low altitudes too? i saw this herb in many districts of low elevations. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote: I think Verbena bipinnatifida -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:59 PM, promila chaturvedi thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with you. It is Verbena , but I do not know the species name. It is a perenial plant. Promila On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Could this be any *Verbena* sp.? On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common garden plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 03:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 30cm *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* dissected *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* raceme *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* varied colours; ca. 1.5cm across; *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60020] Fruits Vegetables Week: Eriobotrya japonica from Kashmir
I like the fragrance of this fruit its aromatic Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:56 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: forgot to attach -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote: Eriobotrya japonica from Kashmir, photographed from Nishat Garden on June 17, 2010. Tanay another fruit for you before you leave Indian Shores. Common names: English: Japanese medlar, Loquat Hindi: Lokat Tam: Ilakotta, Nokkotto Kan: Lakkote German: Jananische Wollmispel -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60021] Fruits Vegetables Week: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir
This indeed Fragaria vesca woodland strawberry !! I have also seen them in eastern himalayas Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.comwrote: gurcharanji thanks also for giving me the opportunity of revisiting that feeling of i know this I know this. ! :) i am not sure i will ever travel again to collect a photo of such a lovely plant though... let alone pluck the strawberry itself -- every emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is associated with loss of species as they cannot move fast enough to keep up with increased warming -- one is simply in awe of the immense diversity of species as it evolved over the millenia years -- we were truely a lucky generation to have the opportunity to witness this magnificence. green greetings. anandi On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Anandi ji You are absolutely right. A very common plant on mountain slopes of temperate and subalpine regions. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.com wrote: no idea what fragaria vesca is but i recognise this from my childhood in switzerland and it surely is the flower of a woodland strawberry ! thanks for the lovely photo :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Attaching now Fruits are delicious and eaten raw. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir, generally growing at lower altitudes, separable from high altitude species F. nubicola in its spreading pubescence and elongated fruit, larger leaves and flowers. Photographed from Tangmarg on June 19, 2010. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- x -- -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60022] Fruits and Vegetables Week: Citrus maxima, pomelo or shaddok
What we call 'pamblimas' in Tamil is not sweet lime. Musambi is sweet lime (chaathukudi in Tamil). But now I am confused as to which Citrus sp. is pamblimas and which is sweet lime. May be Muthu / Mr Vijay can help me out with the pamblimas name! --- On Mon, 10/1/11, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: From: tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59886] Fruits and Vegetables Week: Citrus maxima, pomelo or shaddok To: Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com Cc: Yazdy Palia yazdypa...@gmail.com, efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, 10 January, 2011, 3:07 PM This is also called sweet lime but I am not sureTanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Yazdy ji The first four photographs are from the same tree in Herbal Garden at Delhi. The first fruit from California looks similar to the one from Delhi, although the other two from California look different in texture of the rind. Here are some Indian names of the fruit: Hindi Bengali: Chakotra, mahanibu, sadaphal Guj: Obakotru Mar: pains, papnasa Mal: Pamparamasam Kan: Chakotre, Sakkota Tam: Pambalimasu Tel: Pampalamasam -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Yazdy Palia yazdypa...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Dr. Gurcharan Singh ji, Some of the pictures look like the sweetlime or Mosambi. Interesting that the Pomelo there are so small. Though the first picture and the flowers are definitely looking like the Pomelo at my place. Thank you for sharing. Regards Yazdy. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Citrus maxima (syn: C. grandis), pomelo or shaddok, largest citrus fruit often reaching 25 cm in diameter, and green to pale yellow in colour when ripe, with sweet white (or, more rarely, pink or red) flesh and very thick pudgy rind. It is also known as pummelo, pommelo, Chinese grapefruit, jabong,lusho fruit, pompelmous. Very common in USA, also grown to limited level in India, photographed from Herbal Garden, Delhi and also from California. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:60023] Flora of Uttara kannada | 30Nov2010AR03
I think the insects are called Lanternflies. Usha On Jan 11, 6:27 pm, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Resurfacing again for ID Earlier feedback Navendu jiPossibly Ailanthus triphysa Rohit ji...i am *not agree with Ailanthus ??* * * *Mahadeswara ji*Could this be Vateria indica of Dipterocarpaceae. Dinesh ji going by the regional names, would this plant be *Canarium strictum* ? -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- Forwarded message -- From: raghu ananth raghu_...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:00 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:55447] Flora of Uttara kannada | 30Nov2010AR03 To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Flora of Uttara kannada | 30Nov2010AR03 Regional name Dhupada mara , Dammar (Hindi) (To be validated) Ragi hosahalli, Western ghats Uttara Kannada Oct 2010 Leaves-20cms, Opposite, Tree height 45 feet, white bark Habitat: Forest, Western ghats No flowers or fruits observed Regards Raghu DSC_8057a.jpg 283KViewDownload DSC_8058b.jpg 183KViewDownload DSC_8059c.jpg 285KViewDownload DSC_8053d.jpg 194KViewDownload DSC_8056e.jpg 165KViewDownload
Re: [efloraofindia:60024] Fruits Vegetables Week: Brassica oleracea var. italica, the broccoli
Does anyone remember the Bush-broccoli connection. Bush senior said 'I hate that vegetable. Send them to Barbara, she likes them' and banned them on Air Force One. The Air Force One kitchen had a placard that said 'broccoli-free zone' or some such thing. As a protest, the farmers sent a huge consignment to the White House! --- On Sun, 9/1/11, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com Subject: [efloraofindia:59701] Fruits Vegetables Week: Brassica oleracea var. italica, the broccoli To: efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, 9 January, 2011, 3:29 PM Brassica oleracea var. italica, the broccoli, asparagus broccoli, cape broccoli, inflorescence bud green and cooked as vegetable or used as salad. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:60025] Fruits Vegetables Week: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir
referring to separable from high altitude species F. nubicola in its spreading pubescence and elongated fruit -- there were definitely two distinct types even in the low parts of switz where i remember them from - it must be F. vesca then that has the beautiful conical fruit, sweeter than the elongated one -- and the birds and snails always quick to get to them - the elongated ones always seemed a bit harder and left alone by the competition -- probably because they never seemed to be really ripe. but i do not have any photos of either :) really amazing that these alpine plants are found in all places where conditions are similar. well. i guess natural and a matter of fact for botanists. wonderful to think about for us civilians. :) and even more wonderful still for anyone who can find and eat one ! :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:09 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: This indeed Fragaria vesca woodland strawberry !! I have also seen them in eastern himalayas Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.com wrote: gurcharanji thanks also for giving me the opportunity of revisiting that feeling of i know this I know this. ! :) i am not sure i will ever travel again to collect a photo of such a lovely plant though... let alone pluck the strawberry itself -- every emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is associated with loss of species as they cannot move fast enough to keep up with increased warming -- one is simply in awe of the immense diversity of species as it evolved over the millenia years -- we were truely a lucky generation to have the opportunity to witness this magnificence. green greetings. anandi On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Anandi ji You are absolutely right. A very common plant on mountain slopes of temperate and subalpine regions. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Anandi Sharan sharan.ana...@gmail.com wrote: no idea what fragaria vesca is but i recognise this from my childhood in switzerland and it surely is the flower of a woodland strawberry ! thanks for the lovely photo :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Attaching now Fruits are delicious and eaten raw. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Fragaria vesca from Kashmir, generally growing at lower altitudes, separable from high altitude species F. nubicola in its spreading pubescence and elongated fruit, larger leaves and flowers. Photographed from Tangmarg on June 19, 2010. -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- x -- -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca --
Re: [efloraofindia:60026] Ornamental bush for id 110111MK03
I am pretty sure this is not Thuja occidentalis. Leaves are spinous. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:05 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: Thuja occidentalis tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:02 AM, amit chauhan amitci...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, If cones fleshy Thuja occidentalis and if woody Juniperus communis On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.comwrote: Seems like Juniperus communis to me. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common ornamental bush plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 04:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 1 m *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* smaller linear *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
[efloraofindia:60027] Re: Fruits Vegetables Week: Nasturtium officinale, the Water Cress
In Sikkim we call it Simrayo or Sim-Saag (Nep), Saag that grows in marshy or 'Simsar' areas. If i am not mistaken, it is a naturalized exotic. It has many medicinal properties. Usha On Jan 11, 2:16 pm, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Nasturtium officinale, the Water Cress, growing along water bodies, mainly running water in temperate climate, cooked as vegetable, used as salad and for garnishing.. Local names Punjab: Piriya halim Deccan: Lut-putiah -- 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ Nasturtium-fficinale-water cress-California-1.jpg 221KViewDownload Nasturtium-officinale-water cress-California-2.jpg 244KViewDownload Nasturtium-officinale-Manali-1.jpg 321KViewDownload Nasturtium-officinale-Manali-2.jpg 226KViewDownload
Re: [efloraofindia:60028] Alstonia scholaris in fruit
dear promila ji the funny thing is that electricity board without permission does it all the time -- when i asked them for their permission note they said they did not have one and that they did not need one. i will check this again now that you remind me. green greetings anandi On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:45 PM, promila chaturvedi thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com wrote: The Blackboards, which were used in the classes in my time, weremadefrom Scholar's tree. Hence the name Alstonia scholaris. Kiran Ji, choping the braches of trees is ban in Delhi. If somebody does it without forest department's writtenpermision can be sued, and the penalty is one year jail or Rs. 80,000=00 fine or both. Promila On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:24 AM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: This is still a practice in Viswa Bharati university shantiniketan, west bengal India Tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: Its called SCHOLARIS because, the old times plates of leaves were exclusively used to give away degrees to the students. Pankaj On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:37 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: The state tree of Bengal tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: One of the local names of Alstonia scholaris is CHHATIM or CHATNI CHAAL. The bark is supposed to be very useful for blood purification especially in case of diabetes or Jaundice in Jharkhand as well as in Ayurveda. Thats why Mr. Nalwade must have seen bark scrapping. Pankaj On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:41 PM, kiran srivastava srivastava...@gmail.com wrote: A little trivia: Large branches of the big Alstonia scholaris tree behind the house I temporarily stay in Delhi was cut down ostensibly to allow the sun rays on the flower bed in the small park. Apparently, the local garden community had this tree trimmed by the NDMC authorities. But it wouldn't surprise me if branches of trees are cut to allow the sun in winter to warm up courtyards that are otherwise completely blotted from the the sun. I have seen it happen. Before it was trimmed the flowers were within touching distance from the 2nd floor terrace. There are several trees such as Semul (Bombax malabaricum) and Siris (Albizia lebbek) growing in small, old colony roads whose branches have spread widely blocking sunlight in homes. They could be trimmed especially, if old people want to sit out and soak in the sun during Delhi's winters...and this winter its really cold. Cheers, Kiran Srivastava On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Rashida Atthar atthar.rash...@gmail.com wrote: Ajay ji according to info. in the book 'Trees of Mumbai' pg 51 ... In olden days the wood of this tree was used to make slates for children, hence scholaris. The book further adds The dita bark of the tree is used in Indian medecine for treating asthma and heart ailments, fever and diarrhoea.During the Diwali festival, the bitter bark is consumed before eating sweets to neutralize the excessive intake of sugar. regards, Rashida. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Ajay Nalawade analawa...@gmail.com wrote: We noted Some Bark scraping in Konkan region. Can anybody tell for which purpose this bark is used??? On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Arijit Banerjee ari...@gmail.com wrote: Alstonia scholaris in fruit, Patuli, Kolkata, India 8 January 2011 The fruits do look quite similar to those of Wrightia tinctoria (Khirni) Arijit Banerjee -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca --
Re: [efloraofindia:60029] Fruits Vegetables Week: Olea europea subsp. europea, the common olive
Great to see these Olives and the tree Sir, Thankyou. regards, Rashida. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Olea europea subsp. europea, the olives, widely cultivated in Mediterranean region and parts of America, grown in India to limited extent.. The fruits about 4 cm across turn black when ripe. Both green and ripe fruits are are edible and are eaten raw, pickled, stuffed, pizza toppings or salads. Olive oil is extracted from mature fruits. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:60030] Fruits Vegetables Week: Olea europea subsp. cuspidata, the wild olive
Great to see this Olive tree too Sir. Thankyou. regards, Rashida. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Olea europea subsp. cuspidata (syn: O. ferruginea, O. cuspidata, O. africana), the wild olive or brown olive differs in taller habit and smaller fruits 9-12 mm across, brownish-black when ripe. The fruit is thinly fleshy, edible and also yielding oil. Local names in Himalayas: Kahu, kan, kao, Bairbanj. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:60031] Fruits and Vegetables Week: Citrus maxima, pomelo or shaddok
Jency ji I am not as familiar with all Citrus species, but luckily I have the book Useful Plants of India by CSIR. According to this Tamil name Pambalimasu and Telugu Pampalamasam both belong to C. maxima, the pomello or shaddock Sweet lime is a different plant Citrus limettoides Tanaka. Tamil name for this is Kolumichangai, Telugu Gajanimma or nemumapandu. I hope that solves some confusion. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Jency Samuel jencysam...@yahoo.co.inwrote: What we call 'pamblimas' in Tamil is not sweet lime. Musambi is sweet lime (chaathukudi in Tamil). But now I am confused as to which Citrus sp. is pamblimas and which is sweet lime. May be Muthu / Mr Vijay can help me out with the pamblimas name! --- On *Mon, 10/1/11, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com* wrote: From: tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59886] Fruits and Vegetables Week: Citrus maxima, pomelo or shaddok To: Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com Cc: Yazdy Palia yazdypa...@gmail.com, efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, 10 January, 2011, 3:07 PM This is also called sweet lime but I am not sure Tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comhttp://mc/compose?to=singh...@gmail.com wrote: Yazdy ji The first four photographs are from the same tree in Herbal Garden at Delhi. The first fruit from California looks similar to the one from Delhi, although the other two from California look different in texture of the rind. Here are some Indian names of the fruit: Hindi Bengali: Chakotra, mahanibu, sadaphal Guj: Obakotru Mar: pains, papnasa Mal: Pamparamasam Kan: Chakotre, Sakkota Tam: Pambalimasu Tel: Pampalamasam -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Yazdy Palia yazdypa...@gmail.comhttp://mc/compose?to=yazdypa...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Dr. Gurcharan Singh ji, Some of the pictures look like the sweetlime or Mosambi. Interesting that the Pomelo there are so small. Though the first picture and the flowers are definitely looking like the Pomelo at my place. Thank you for sharing. Regards Yazdy. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comhttp://mc/compose?to=singh...@gmail.com wrote: Citrus maxima (syn: C. grandis), pomelo or shaddok, largest citrus fruit often reaching 25 cm in diameter, and green to pale yellow in colour when ripe, with sweet white (or, more rarely, pink or red) flesh and very thick pudgy rind. It is also known as pummelo, pommelo, Chinese grapefruit, jabong,lusho fruit, pompelmous. Very common in USA, also grown to limited level in India, photographed from Herbal Garden, Delhi and also from California. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca http://mc/compose?to=ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60033] Fruits Vegetable week - Lady finger-110111MN
Wonderful biodiversity Mani ji.! Thanks for sharing. regards, Rashida. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:52 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: The butterfly and the bug looks very nice Mani ji thanks for sharing tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:11 PM, mani nair mani.na...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, Sending photos of lady finger with two insects on it and a young lady finger plant with a butterfly. Botanical name : Abelmoschus esculentus Common Name : Lady finger, Okra, Bindi Place: Dombivli, Maharashtra Date : 31.12.2010 Regards, Mani. -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60032] Re: Fruits Vegetables Week: Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, the Budha's hand
Very Unusual plant Sir, thankyou for sharing the same. regards, Rashida. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Yes interesting to look at. I found few specimens in weekly farmers bazaar in Sunnyvale, California There is plenty of information on the net http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha's_hand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha's_hand http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/taste-test-buddhas-h.html http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/taste-test-buddhas-h.html http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/9/nation/7763374sec=nation http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/9/nation/7763374sec=nation -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:37 PM, nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.dewrote: yes, very interesting! Never seen here in Germany. Regards Nalini - Original Message - From: Ritesh Choudhary ritesh@gmail.com To: efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:22 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:59920] Re: Fruits Vegetables Week: Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, the Budha's hand Ohh..Its very unusual! I too have never seen this. Thanks a lot sir for sharing this. Regards, Ritesh.
Re: [efloraofindia:60034] Fruits Vegetables Week: Malus domestica, the apple
Tanay you are eating the words also !! regards, Rashida. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:53 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: My favorite fruit !! I still follow the rule an apple a keeps the doctor away tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote: Malus domestica, the apple fruit from Delhi market and trees from California. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60039] Fruits Vegetables Week : Garden strawberry
looks like Fragaria x ananassa tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:27 AM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: Cutivated strawberry plant growing in a private bungalow in Pune. Is the botanical name Fragaria x ananassa correct? Dr Phadke -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60040] Fruits Vegetables Week : Amaranthaceae vegetable
*Amaranthus gangeticus* ? tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: A common Amaranthaceae member leafy vegetable with flowers. लाल माठ or राजगिरा in Marathi. Dr Phadke -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60041] Fruits and Vegetables Week: Citrus maxima, pomelo or shaddok
Thank you Dr G.That solves the confusion about C. maxima. But I don't know the Tamil name of sweet lime you have given :-( I know about elumichangai and kodielumichangai, but not of kolumichangai. May be the name has been hybridised!! (Could actually be a dialect that I don't know) JencyChennai --- On Tue, 11/1/11, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59886] Fruits and Vegetables Week: Citrus maxima, pomelo or shaddok To: Jency Samuel jencysam...@yahoo.co.in Cc: tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com, Yazdy Palia yazdypa...@gmail.com, efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, 11 January, 2011, 2:45 PM Jency jiI am not as familiar with all Citrus species, but luckily I have the book Useful Plants of India by CSIR. According to this Tamil name Pambalimasu and Telugu Pampalamasam both belong to C. maxima, the pomello or shaddock Sweet lime is a different plant Citrus limettoides Tanaka. Tamil name for this is Kolumichangai, Telugu Gajanimma or nemumapandu. I hope that solves some confusion. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Jency Samuel jencysam...@yahoo.co.in wrote: What we call 'pamblimas' in Tamil is not sweet lime. Musambi is sweet lime (chaathukudi in Tamil). But now I am confused as to which Citrus sp. is pamblimas and which is sweet lime. May be Muthu / Mr Vijay can help me out with the pamblimas name! --- On Mon, 10/1/11, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: From: tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59886] Fruits and Vegetables Week: Citrus maxima, pomelo or shaddok To: Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com Cc: Yazdy Palia yazdypa...@gmail.com, efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, 10 January, 2011, 3:07 PM This is also called sweet lime but I am not sureTanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Yazdy ji The first four photographs are from the same tree in Herbal Garden at Delhi. The first fruit from California looks similar to the one from Delhi, although the other two from California look different in texture of the rind. Here are some Indian names of the fruit: Hindi Bengali: Chakotra, mahanibu, sadaphal Guj: Obakotru Mar: pains, papnasa Mal: Pamparamasam Kan: Chakotre, Sakkota Tam: Pambalimasu Tel: Pampalamasam -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Yazdy Palia yazdypa...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Dr. Gurcharan Singh ji, Some of the pictures look like the sweetlime or Mosambi. Interesting that the Pomelo there are so small. Though the first picture and the flowers are definitely looking like the Pomelo at my place. Thank you for sharing. Regards Yazdy. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Citrus maxima (syn: C. grandis), pomelo or shaddok, largest citrus fruit often reaching 25 cm in diameter, and green to pale yellow in colour when ripe, with sweet white (or, more rarely, pink or red) flesh and very thick pudgy rind. It is also known as pummelo, pommelo, Chinese grapefruit, jabong,lusho fruit, pompelmous. Very common in USA, also grown to limited level in India, photographed from Herbal Garden, Delhi and also from California. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
[efloraofindia:60042] Re: Plant for ID SMP2 10/1/2011
Hibiscus tiliaceus Pudji Widodo
Re: [efloraofindia:60045] Callistemon polandii
Thanks Satish ji for sharing the photographs as well as info. regards Prashant On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: *Callistemon polandii* From Kolkata botanical garden. Gold tipped bottle brush. Native of Australia. *Callistemon polandii: *is a member of the Myrtaceae family and is commonly known as the Gold-tipped Bottlebrush. *Callistemon polandii* is a shrub that varies in height. Forms, of this species, range in size from compact shrubs to plants that will reach a height of four metres. The leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape and bear numerous oil dots. The brushes are from six to ten centimetres long and bright red with yellow anthers (hence the common name). Flowering is said to extend from late winter to early summer. This may be the case in warm climates.*Callistemon polandii* is a “double-barrelled” plant. Not only are the flowers extremely colourful but the new growth is bright red. Both young foliage and flowers are attractive features.*Callistemon polandii* is a native of Queensland. The species name does not refer to the country of origin but is named after the Rev. W. Poland. http://www.yallaroo.com.au/Callistemon_polandii.htm Dr Phadke
Re: [efloraofindia:60046] Re: Flora of Andaman32- 100111-PKA3
Dear Ritesh ji, Dr.K. Karthigeyan has indicated that this could be Glyptopetalum calocarpum (Kurz) Prain Celastraceae. regards Prashant On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:18 AM, Ritesh Choudhary ritesh@gmail.comwrote: Could it be some Litsea? Ritesh.
Re: [efloraofindia:60047] Fruits Vegetables Week : Amaranthaceae vegetable
these are spectacular photos of this all-time favourite :) On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: A common Amaranthaceae member leafy vegetable with flowers. लाल माठ or राजगिरा in Marathi. Dr Phadke --
Re: [efloraofindia:60048] Fruits Vegetables Week : Amaranthaceae vegetable
tanay ji in kolar district it grows in soil that is like rubble - no soil at all, and yet it grows. i think it is a fantastic plant. i grow it in my garden which is totally in the shade and it goes for days without water. but having said all this i still do not know the botanical name i feel i should stop writing for a few days. tanay ji - thanks for this group and for your knowledge. anandi On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:10 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: Amaranthus gangeticus ? tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: A common Amaranthaceae member leafy vegetable with flowers. लाल माठ or राजगिरा in Marathi. Dr Phadke -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca --
[efloraofindia:60049] Re: Fruits Vegetables Week : Amaranthaceae vegetable
I think it is *Amaranthus cruentus* rather than *A. gangeticus.* Please refer to following links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus_cruentus http://www.bijlmakers.com/vegetables/amaranthus.htm A.gangeticus is an annual flowering plant with deep purple flowers Dr Phadke On 11 January 2011 21:03, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.com wrote: A common Amaranthaceae member leafy vegetable with flowers. लाल माठ or राजगिरा in Marathi. Dr Phadke
Re: [efloraofindia:60051] Re: Plant for ID SMP2 10/1/2011
Yes Hibiscus tiliaceus tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Pudji Widodo pudjiuns...@gmail.com wrote: Hibiscus tiliaceus Pudji Widodo -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60052] Flora of Andaman33- 110111-PKA1
*Amorphophallus longistylus* Kurz ex Hook. f.? Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Prashant awale pkaw...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I had seen this herb in shade of Licuala. Looks like some Araceae sp.? Date/Time: 22-12-2010 / 01:15PM Location: Near Mud Volcano site, Baratang, Andaman. Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Herb regards Prashant -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60053] Callistemon polandii
Nice shot of the bottle brush tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Prashant awale pkaw...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Satish ji for sharing the photographs as well as info. regards Prashant On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Satish Phadke drsmpha...@gmail.comwrote: *Callistemon polandii* From Kolkata botanical garden. Gold tipped bottle brush. Native of Australia. *Callistemon polandii: *is a member of the Myrtaceae family and is commonly known as the Gold-tipped Bottlebrush. *Callistemon polandii* is a shrub that varies in height. Forms, of this species, range in size from compact shrubs to plants that will reach a height of four metres. The leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape and bear numerous oil dots. The brushes are from six to ten centimetres long and bright red with yellow anthers (hence the common name). Flowering is said to extend from late winter to early summer. This may be the case in warm climates.*Callistemon polandii* is a “double-barrelled” plant. Not only are the flowers extremely colourful but the new growth is bright red. Both young foliage and flowers are attractive features.*Callistemon polandii* is a native of Queensland. The species name does not refer to the country of origin but is named after the Rev. W. Poland. http://www.yallaroo.com.au/Callistemon_polandii.htm Dr Phadke -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60055] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato
I will let you know. But if I a$ not mistaken it is a creeper so cuttings are planted. Details will inquire and let you know. But one thing I know that when I visit you in Germany I can carry ratalas as gift. Madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:55:53 To: formpeja...@yahoo.com; Gurcharan Singhsingh...@gmail.com; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59926] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato yes madhuri ji, I remember many things of my childhood made of ratala. At my grandfathers place we used to make handi, an earthen pot filled with ratalas put in the charcoal fire for some time. these then we used to eat with milk and gul. Mouthwatering. In germany we get very rarely ratala. The only indian shop in Bremen is 25 km away and so less chance of eating ratala these days. i don't know, if i can grow them in my garden. How are they grown? seeds? Nalini - Original Message - From: formpeja...@yahoo.com To: Gurcharan Singh ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:59 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59926] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato We prepare upama like dishof it for fast called kis. Nabhaji may remember Aashadhi Ekadashi fast of her childhood. There is some Ipomea called Jangali ratalu. The tribals love it. We planted these near a rainharvesting pond. It grew and spread nicely. One fine day all plants were uprooted. It was a terrible site. All ratalus were eaten. What is that variety. Leaves similar to your photo but smaller and slight redish tinge on stem. Madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -- From: Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com Sender: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:05:29 +0530 To: efloraofindiaindiantreepix@googlegroups.com Subject: [efloraofindia:59925] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, the Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas, the sweet potato, the tuberous roots used as food after boiling, baking or frying, usually as chat. Local names: Hindi: Shakarkandi, Mitha alu Beng: Lal alu, ranga alu Mar: Ratalu Guj: Kamangi, Sakaria Tel: Chelagada Tam: Sakkareivelleikilangu Mal: Chakarakilangu Kan: Genasu -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
[efloraofindia:60056] ... our group's new website
Dear friends, Our group has come a long way -- much of the credit goes to Garg ji for his zeal and zest for leading it in a very meaningful manner. Many thanks to all the members of the group too -- for giving it a large shape. With Google developing newer products, each of which can be seamlessly used, they decided to reduce some of their duplicated features. Google Sites is one of their new product -- which in some way resulted in removal of sections of Google Groups, like Pages and Files. The need to create a website for our group thus became necessary -- so a site was made with bare minimum pages in the last month (DEC10). Garg ji has managed wonderfully to bring in all the pages and files to this new site in a very short time. Please visit our group's website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ Regards, Dinesh
Re: [efloraofindia:60059] ... our group's new website
Great Job Dinesh ji and Garg ji. If you ever think of taking own server or separate website like Efloraindia.org, please remember me. I will be fortunate to extend financial help. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.comwrote: Dear friends, Our group has come a long way -- much of the credit goes to Garg ji for his zeal and zest for leading it in a very meaningful manner. Many thanks to all the members of the group too -- for giving it a large shape. With Google developing newer products, each of which can be seamlessly used, they decided to reduce some of their duplicated features. Google Sites is one of their new product -- which in some way resulted in removal of sections of Google Groups, like Pages and Files. The need to create a website for our group thus became necessary -- so a site was made with bare minimum pages in the last month (DEC10). Garg ji has managed wonderfully to bring in all the pages and files to this new site in a very short time. Please visit our group's website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ Regards, Dinesh
[efloraofindia:60060] Re: ... our group's new website
Wow... it's so nice... Thanks Dinesh ji, Garg ji, all moderators and all members for enriching the floral database and my knowledge too... Thanks and Regards Ninad On Jan 11, 11:28 pm, Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, Our group has come a long way -- much of the credit goes to Garg ji for his zeal and zest for leading it in a very meaningful manner. Many thanks to all the members of the group too -- for giving it a large shape. With Google developing newer products, each of which can be seamlessly used, they decided to reduce some of their duplicated features. Google Sites is one of their new product -- which in some way resulted in removal of sections of Google Groups, like Pages and Files. The need to create a website for our group thus became necessary -- so a site was made with bare minimum pages in the last month (DEC10). Garg ji has managed wonderfully to bring in all the pages and files to this new site in a very short time. Please visit our group's website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ Regards, Dinesh
Re: [efloraofindia:60061] Fruits Vegetables Week : Apple - Malus domestica _ NinadRaut
Nice thanks for sharing... Pankaj On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Ninad Raut rautnin...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Thought to share this apple with you all... Scientific name : Malus domestica Family Rosaceae Habit Tree Wild/Cultivated: Cultivated Place (photograph): Aarakot (Tons valley of Uttarkashi Dist of Uttarakhand) Other details: Camera: SONY Cyber shot DSC - H 7 Duration: July 2008 Regards Ninad -- Ninad B. Raut Senior Research Fellow Survey and Mapping of Medicinal Plants in Uttarakhand Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India P.O. Box # 18, Chandrabani Dehradun - 248 001. India Tel: 0135 26401 11 - 15 -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
Re: [efloraofindia:60062] Re: ... our group's new website
This is awesome Dinesh ji My best wishes to all Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Ninad Raut rautnin...@gmail.com wrote: Wow... it's so nice... Thanks Dinesh ji, Garg ji, all moderators and all members for enriching the floral database and my knowledge too... Thanks and Regards Ninad On Jan 11, 11:28 pm, Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, Our group has come a long way -- much of the credit goes to Garg ji for his zeal and zest for leading it in a very meaningful manner. Many thanks to all the members of the group too -- for giving it a large shape. With Google developing newer products, each of which can be seamlessly used, they decided to reduce some of their duplicated features. Google Sites is one of their new product -- which in some way resulted in removal of sections of Google Groups, like Pages and Files. The need to create a website for our group thus became necessary -- so a site was made with bare minimum pages in the last month (DEC10). Garg ji has managed wonderfully to bring in all the pages and files to this new site in a very short time. Please visit our group's website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ Regards, Dinesh -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60064] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato
Looking forward to your visit. Come in summer so that you need less clothings and have more room for ratalas. :-)) Nalini - Original Message - From: formpeja...@yahoo.com To: nabha meghani ; Gurcharan Singh ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:15 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60055] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato I will let you know. But if I a$ not mistaken it is a creeper so cuttings are planted. Details will inquire and let you know. But one thing I know that when I visit you in Germany I can carry ratalas as gift. Madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -- From: nabha meghani nabha-megh...@gmx.de Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:55:53 +0100 To: formpeja...@yahoo.com; Gurcharan Singhsingh...@gmail.com; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59926] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato yes madhuri ji, I remember many things of my childhood made of ratala. At my grandfathers place we used to make handi, an earthen pot filled with ratalas put in the charcoal fire for some time. these then we used to eat with milk and gul. Mouthwatering. In germany we get very rarely ratala. The only indian shop in Bremen is 25 km away and so less chance of eating ratala these days. i don't know, if i can grow them in my garden. How are they grown? seeds? Nalini - Original Message - From: formpeja...@yahoo.com To: Gurcharan Singh ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:59 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:59926] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, theSweet potato We prepare upama like dishof it for fast called kis. Nabhaji may remember Aashadhi Ekadashi fast of her childhood. There is some Ipomea called Jangali ratalu. The tribals love it. We planted these near a rainharvesting pond. It grew and spread nicely. One fine day all plants were uprooted. It was a terrible site. All ratalus were eaten. What is that variety. Leaves similar to your photo but smaller and slight redish tinge on stem. Madhuri Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel From: Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com Sender: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:05:29 +0530 To: efloraofindiaindiantreepix@googlegroups.com Subject: [efloraofindia:59925] Fruits Vegetables Week: Ipomoea batatas, the Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas, the sweet potato, the tuberous roots used as food after boiling, baking or frying, usually as chat. Local names: Hindi: Shakarkandi, Mitha alu Beng: Lal alu, ranga alu Mar: Ratalu Guj: Kamangi, Sakaria Tel: Chelagada Tam: Sakkareivelleikilangu Mal: Chakarakilangu Kan: Genasu -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
Re: [efloraofindia:60065] ... our group's new website
Great work Dinesh ji and Garg ji. Wonder if you ever sleep or work 24 hrs. Even in 24 hrs are not enough for the work you are doing. Great. Nalini Bhat - Original Message - From: Dinesh Valke To: efloraofindia Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:28 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:60056] ... our group's new website Dear friends, Our group has come a long way -- much of the credit goes to Garg ji for his zeal and zest for leading it in a very meaningful manner. Many thanks to all the members of the group too -- for giving it a large shape. With Google developing newer products, each of which can be seamlessly used, they decided to reduce some of their duplicated features. Google Sites is one of their new product -- which in some way resulted in removal of sections of Google Groups, like Pages and Files. The need to create a website for our group thus became necessary -- so a site was made with bare minimum pages in the last month (DEC10). Garg ji has managed wonderfully to bring in all the pages and files to this new site in a very short time. Please visit our group's website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ Regards, Dinesh
[efloraofindia:60066] Re: Flora of Andaman32- 100111-PKA3
Thanks for the information Prashantji. Best regards, Ritesh.
Re: [efloraofindia:60075] Flora of Andaman34-Melastomataceae sp??- 110111-PKA2
Thanks Tanay ji for sharing this info. regards Prashant On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:13 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: Melastoma malabathricum Linn. has been recorded from Andaman Kindly check the paper attached Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Prashant awale pkaw...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, Melastomataceae Sp. from Mount Harriet, Andaman Nicobar. Date/Time: 23-12-2010 / 03:45PM Location: Mount Harriet, Andaman Nicobar Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Shrub. regards Prashant -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60082] Flora of Uttara kannada | 30Nov2010AR03
I checked the references. It is not Vateria indica. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Resurfacing again for ID Earlier feedback Navendu jiPossibly Ailanthus triphysa Rohit ji...i am *not agree with Ailanthus ??* * * *Mahadeswara ji*Could this be Vateria indica of Dipterocarpaceae. Dinesh ji going by the regional names, would this plant be *Canarium strictum* ? -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/ -- Forwarded message -- From: raghu ananth raghu_...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:00 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:55447] Flora of Uttara kannada | 30Nov2010AR03 To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Flora of Uttara kannada | 30Nov2010AR03 Regional name Dhupada mara , Dammar (Hindi) (To be validated) Ragi hosahalli, Western ghats Uttara Kannada Oct 2010 Leaves-20cms, Opposite, Tree height 45 feet, white bark Habitat: Forest, Western ghats No flowers or fruits observed Regards Raghu
Re: [efloraofindia:60083] ... our group's new website
Thanks to the far sightedness of Dinesh ji, we have entered the new year with our own website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/. It was the same farsightedness of Dinesh ji that we have Itpmods e-group (for discussion among moderators of Efloraofindia), which have proved very crucial to our progress. I have put lot of information related to the day to day working of Efloraofindia good work done by our moderators members from archives. But still lot of work still needs to be done. Beauty of Efloraofindia is that different moderators members have voluntarily taken up different works for the progress of Efloraofindia. Whatever good works/ contributions appear in the mails have now found an ideal place in Efloraofindia website on permanent basis. I have made necessary changes as requested by Nalini ji. I request everybody to go through give their feedback. On 12 January 2011 03:21, Na Bha nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: Great work Dinesh ji and Garg ji. Wonder if you ever sleep or work 24 hrs. Even in 24 hrs are not enough for the work you are doing. Great. Nalini Bhat - Original Message - *From:* Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com *To:* efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:28 PM *Subject:* [efloraofindia:60056] ... our group's new website Dear friends, Our group has come a long way -- much of the credit goes to Garg ji for his zeal and zest for leading it in a very meaningful manner. Many thanks to all the members of the group too -- for giving it a large shape. With Google developing newer products, each of which can be seamlessly used, they decided to reduce some of their duplicated features. Google Sites is one of their new product -- which in some way resulted in removal of sections of Google Groups, like Pages and Files. The need to create a website for our group thus became necessary -- so a site was made with bare minimum pages in the last month (DEC10). Garg ji has managed wonderfully to bring in all the pages and files to this new site in a very short time. Please visit our group's website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ Regards, Dinesh -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1490 members 59,000 messages on 5/1/11 with a database of around 4450 species on 15/12/10)
[efloraofindia:60084] Re: Ornamental bush for id 110111MK03
Cannot be Thuja. Leaves are quite different . It could be Juniper only. On Jan 11, 7:00 pm, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: I am pretty sure this is not Thuja occidentalis. Leaves are spinous. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:05 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: Thuja occidentalis tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:02 AM, amit chauhan amitci...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, If cones fleshy Thuja occidentalis and if woody Juniperus communis On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.comwrote: Seems like Juniperus communis to me. Pankaj On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common ornamental bush plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 04:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 1 m *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* smaller linear *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
[efloraofindia:60085] Re: ornamental herb for id 110111MK2
It is an ornamental plant grown extensively in Southern India especially in Bangalore, Mysore and Chennai. The plant comes in different hues. On Jan 11, 6:36 pm, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: Verbena bipinnatifida Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, it is common in Delhi also. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.com wrote: Can* ** Verbena bipinnatifida* grow in low altitudes too? i saw this herb in many districts of low elevations. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote: I think Verbena bipinnatifida -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:59 PM, promila chaturvedi thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com wrote: I agree with you. It is Verbena , but I do not know the species name. It is a perenial plant. Promila On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Could this be any *Verbena* sp.? On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Muthu Karthick nmk@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, Please help to id this common garden plant. * Date/Time-* 08-01-2011 / 03:30 PM *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* Kancheepuram dist., TN *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* Nursery *Plant Habit-* herb with rooting at nodes *Height/Length-* ca. 30cm *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* dissected *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* raceme *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* varied colours; ca. 1.5cm across; *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * * * -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60086] Fruits Vegetables Week: Punica granatum, the pomegranate
Nice catch of all the stages tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Punica granatum, the pomegranate, a popular tree of temperate and tropical climates, the fleshy testa of seeds consumed raw or dried, or as juice, also used as condiment Local names Hindi: Anar Beg: Dalim Mar. Kan: Dalimba Guj: Dadam Tel: Danimma Tam: Madulai Mal: Matalam -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
Re: [efloraofindia:60086] Fruits Vegetables Week: Rumex dentatus,
Do people ear this? tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Rumex dentatus, a weed of cultivation and growing in waste places is often used as vegetable, a rich source of Calcium, beta carotene, vitamin A and vitamin C. Local Names Hindi: Ambavah, amrule Delhi: Lal bibi, jungli palak -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
Re: [efloraofindia:60088] Fruits Vegetables Week: Rumex hastatus
Didn't knew R hastatus was consumed as food!! thanks for sharing tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: This tufted perennial of NW Himalayas has leaves with pleasant acid taste are eaten raw or cooked, also used in chutneys and pickles. Local names Kumaon: Amlora, chulmora Punjab: Khattimal, katambal -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
Re: [efloraofindia:60089] Fruits Vegetables Week: Rumex vesicarius, the Bladder dock
Amamzing tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Rumex vesicarius, the Bladder dock, often cultivated as ornamental because of showy bladder-like fruiting perianth. Leaves and tender stems used as pot-herb, also used in curries and chutneys because of sour taste. Local names Hindi: Chuka, ambari palk, palang sag Tel: Chukka kura Tam: Shakkan kirai Kan: Suki soppu, jussi soppu Punjab: Khatta mitha, Khatti tan, saluni -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
Re: [efloraofindia:60090] Fruits Vegetables Week: Rubus niveus var. pauciflorus, the hill raspberry
thanks sir Ji I actually came to know aboud foos value of some plant which i always considered as weeds tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: A common woody straggler of Western Himalayas, fruits eaten fresh or used as jam. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
Re: [efloraofindia:60091] ... our group's new website
Great work Dinesh ji and Garg ji. One feels proud to be part of such selfless effort in which interactions are becoming more and more pleasant. Many new members who joined recently have really added the value of the group. Thanks Dinesh ji for the initiative and giving it a final shape. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:52 AM, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to the far sightedness of Dinesh ji, we have entered the new year with our own website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/. It was the same farsightedness of Dinesh ji that we have Itpmods e-group (for discussion among moderators of Efloraofindia), which have proved very crucial to our progress. I have put lot of information related to the day to day working of Efloraofindia good work done by our moderators members from archives. But still lot of work still needs to be done. Beauty of Efloraofindia is that different moderators members have voluntarily taken up different works for the progress of Efloraofindia. Whatever good works/ contributions appear in the mails have now found an ideal place in Efloraofindia website on permanent basis. I have made necessary changes as requested by Nalini ji. I request everybody to go through give their feedback. On 12 January 2011 03:21, Na Bha nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: Great work Dinesh ji and Garg ji. Wonder if you ever sleep or work 24 hrs. Even in 24 hrs are not enough for the work you are doing. Great. Nalini Bhat - Original Message - *From:* Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com *To:* efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:28 PM *Subject:* [efloraofindia:60056] ... our group's new website Dear friends, Our group has come a long way -- much of the credit goes to Garg ji for his zeal and zest for leading it in a very meaningful manner. Many thanks to all the members of the group too -- for giving it a large shape. With Google developing newer products, each of which can be seamlessly used, they decided to reduce some of their duplicated features. Google Sites is one of their new product -- which in some way resulted in removal of sections of Google Groups, like Pages and Files. The need to create a website for our group thus became necessary -- so a site was made with bare minimum pages in the last month (DEC10). Garg ji has managed wonderfully to bring in all the pages and files to this new site in a very short time. Please visit our group's website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ Regards, Dinesh -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1490 members 59,000 messages on 5/1/11 with a database of around 4450 species on 15/12/10)
Re: [efloraofindia:60092] ... our group's new website
Congratulations and best wishes for more and more constructive progress. regards, Rashida. On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.comwrote: Great work Dinesh ji and Garg ji. One feels proud to be part of such selfless effort in which interactions are becoming more and more pleasant. Many new members who joined recently have really added the value of the group. Thanks Dinesh ji for the initiative and giving it a final shape. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:52 AM, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to the far sightedness of Dinesh ji, we have entered the new year with our own website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/. It was the same farsightedness of Dinesh ji that we have Itpmods e-group (for discussion among moderators of Efloraofindia), which have proved very crucial to our progress. I have put lot of information related to the day to day working of Efloraofindia good work done by our moderators members from archives. But still lot of work still needs to be done. Beauty of Efloraofindia is that different moderators members have voluntarily taken up different works for the progress of Efloraofindia. Whatever good works/ contributions appear in the mails have now found an ideal place in Efloraofindia website on permanent basis. I have made necessary changes as requested by Nalini ji. I request everybody to go through give their feedback. On 12 January 2011 03:21, Na Bha nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: Great work Dinesh ji and Garg ji. Wonder if you ever sleep or work 24 hrs. Even in 24 hrs are not enough for the work you are doing. Great. Nalini Bhat - Original Message - *From:* Dinesh Valke dinesh.va...@gmail.com *To:* efloraofindia indiantreepix@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:28 PM *Subject:* [efloraofindia:60056] ... our group's new website Dear friends, Our group has come a long way -- much of the credit goes to Garg ji for his zeal and zest for leading it in a very meaningful manner. Many thanks to all the members of the group too -- for giving it a large shape. With Google developing newer products, each of which can be seamlessly used, they decided to reduce some of their duplicated features. Google Sites is one of their new product -- which in some way resulted in removal of sections of Google Groups, like Pages and Files. The need to create a website for our group thus became necessary -- so a site was made with bare minimum pages in the last month (DEC10). Garg ji has managed wonderfully to bring in all the pages and files to this new site in a very short time. Please visit our group's website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ Regards, Dinesh -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1490 members 59,000 messages on 5/1/11 with a database of around 4450 species on 15/12/10)
Re: [efloraofindia:60093] Flora of Andaman34-Melastomataceae sp??- 110111-PKA2
Thanks Prashant ji and Tanay for very good pictures followed by very good paper link. regards, Rashida. On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Prashant awale pkaw...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Tanay ji for sharing this info. regards Prashant On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:13 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.comwrote: Melastoma malabathricum Linn. has been recorded from Andaman Kindly check the paper attached Tanay On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Prashant awale pkaw...@gmail.comwrote: Dear Friends, Melastomataceae Sp. from Mount Harriet, Andaman Nicobar. Date/Time: 23-12-2010 / 03:45PM Location: Mount Harriet, Andaman Nicobar Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Shrub. regards Prashant -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60093] Alstonia scholaris in fruit
Thankyou for this info. Promila ji. Yes slates, blackboards, these uses of its wood has led to the Scholaris name. regards, Rashida. On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:45 PM, promila chaturvedi thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com wrote: The Blackboards, which were used in the classes in my time, weremadefrom Scholar's tree. Hence the name Alstonia scholaris. Kiran Ji, choping the braches of trees is ban in Delhi. If somebody does it without forest department's writtenpermision can be sued, and the penalty is one year jail or Rs. 80,000=00 fine or both. Promila On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:24 AM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.comwrote: This is still a practice in Viswa Bharati university shantiniketan, west bengal India Tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.comwrote: Its called SCHOLARIS because, the old times plates of leaves were exclusively used to give away degrees to the students. Pankaj On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:37 PM, tanay bose tanaybos...@gmail.com wrote: The state tree of Bengal tanay On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com wrote: One of the local names of Alstonia scholaris is CHHATIM or CHATNI CHAAL. The bark is supposed to be very useful for blood purification especially in case of diabetes or Jaundice in Jharkhand as well as in Ayurveda. Thats why Mr. Nalwade must have seen bark scrapping. Pankaj On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:41 PM, kiran srivastava srivastava...@gmail.com wrote: A little trivia: Large branches of the big Alstonia scholaris tree behind the house I temporarily stay in Delhi was cut down ostensibly to allow the sun rays on the flower bed in the small park. Apparently, the local garden community had this tree trimmed by the NDMC authorities. But it wouldn't surprise me if branches of trees are cut to allow the sun in winter to warm up courtyards that are otherwise completely blotted from the the sun. I have seen it happen. Before it was trimmed the flowers were within touching distance from the 2nd floor terrace. There are several trees such as Semul (Bombax malabaricum) and Siris (Albizia lebbek) growing in small, old colony roads whose branches have spread widely blocking sunlight in homes. They could be trimmed especially, if old people want to sit out and soak in the sun during Delhi's winters...and this winter its really cold. Cheers, Kiran Srivastava On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Rashida Atthar atthar.rash...@gmail.com wrote: Ajay ji according to info. in the book 'Trees of Mumbai' pg 51 ... In olden days the wood of this tree was used to make slates for children, hence scholaris. The book further adds The dita bark of the tree is used in Indian medecine for treating asthma and heart ailments, fever and diarrhoea.During the Diwali festival, the bitter bark is consumed before eating sweets to neutralize the excessive intake of sugar. regards, Rashida. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Ajay Nalawade analawa...@gmail.com wrote: We noted Some Bark scraping in Konkan region. Can anybody tell for which purpose this bark is used??? On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Arijit Banerjee ari...@gmail.com wrote: Alstonia scholaris in fruit, Patuli, Kolkata, India 8 January 2011 The fruits do look quite similar to those of Wrightia tinctoria (Khirni) Arijit Banerjee -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
Re: [efloraofindia:60095] ... our group's new website
This is really nice and great effort by Garg sir and Dinesh sir. I just have one suggestion: Other important contributors- details from archives Other important contributors- list Our moderators- major contributors- details Top 10 contributors- details from archives I think these four can be merged into two as MODERATORS MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS Pankaj On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Rashida Atthar atthar.rash...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations and best wishes for more and more constructive progress. regards, Rashida. On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Gurcharan Singh singh...@gmail.com wrote: Great work Dinesh ji and Garg ji. One feels proud to be part of such selfless effort in which interactions are becoming more and more pleasant. Many new members who joined recently have really added the value of the group. Thanks Dinesh ji for the initiative and giving it a final shape. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:52 AM, J.M. Garg jmga...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to the far sightedness of Dinesh ji, we have entered the new year with our own website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/. It was the same farsightedness of Dinesh ji that we have Itpmods e-group (for discussion among moderators of Efloraofindia), which have proved very crucial to our progress. I have put lot of information related to the day to day working of Efloraofindia good work done by our moderators members from archives. But still lot of work still needs to be done. Beauty of Efloraofindia is that different moderators members have voluntarily taken up different works for the progress of Efloraofindia. Whatever good works/ contributions appear in the mails have now found an ideal place in Efloraofindia website on permanent basis. I have made necessary changes as requested by Nalini ji. I request everybody to go through give their feedback. On 12 January 2011 03:21, Na Bha nabha-megh...@gmx.de wrote: Great work Dinesh ji and Garg ji. Wonder if you ever sleep or work 24 hrs. Even in 24 hrs are not enough for the work you are doing. Great. Nalini Bhat - Original Message - From: Dinesh Valke To: efloraofindia Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 7:28 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:60056] ... our group's new website Dear friends, Our group has come a long way -- much of the credit goes to Garg ji for his zeal and zest for leading it in a very meaningful manner. Many thanks to all the members of the group too -- for giving it a large shape. With Google developing newer products, each of which can be seamlessly used, they decided to reduce some of their duplicated features. Google Sites is one of their new product -- which in some way resulted in removal of sections of Google Groups, like Pages and Files. The need to create a website for our group thus became necessary -- so a site was made with bare minimum pages in the last month (DEC10). Garg ji has managed wonderfully to bring in all the pages and files to this new site in a very short time. Please visit our group's website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ Regards, Dinesh -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1490 members 59,000 messages on 5/1/11 with a database of around 4450 species on 15/12/10) -- *** TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !! Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
Re: [efloraofindia:60097] Fruits Vegetables Week: Portulaca oleracea, the common purslane
Gurcharan ji, nice photo. The beautiful flowers often planted in hanging boxes - commonly called Office time is a cousin of this plant. Regards, Mani.
