Yes that is the irony of common names. Every one in hilly areas of Punjab, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh and other parts of NW Himalayas is so familiar with citrus fruit GALGAL, oblong yellow fruit extensively used in pickle making. It is botanically Citrus pseudolimon, hill limon or Kumaon limon
http://www.fruitipedia.com/galgal.htm But not so with our published literature. I have with me Useful Plants of India, published by CSIR in 1986 It has Galgal as Hindi name for Cochlospermum religiosum, as mentioned by Kulkarni ji, also known as kumbi or ganer, and if we go by English names, It is known as Silk Cotton Tree,, a name belonging to Bombax ceiba more commonly. In UP Galgala is name of a grass Eragrostis pilosa. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Makarand Kulkarni <mack.btr...@gmail.com>wrote: > Common names can be confusing as there are so many dialects spoken in > India... In Maharashtra Galgal or Ganer is called for another evergreen > tree of Cochlospermum religiosum/C.gossypium..... So Botanical Pundits pl > id the scientific name of the Citrus fruit/plant. > *makrndkaka* > *.................................................................* > *Love Nature* > > > > On 21 April 2013 19:41, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Promila ji, >> Thanks for the id. >> What would be the botanical name? >> Regards, >> Aarti >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Promila Chaturvedi < >> thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> It looks like galgal. >>> Promila >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Aarti S. Khale >>> <aarti.kh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Citrus fruit seen growing near a house in Jim Corbett on 23/3/13. >>>> Fruit oblong and much bigger than our common Lime. >>>> Id please. >>>> Aarti >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
