Lemon Aarti ji, just a typo.
-- 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 11:34 AM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com>wrote: > Gurcharan ji, > Many thanks to you...my mystery Citrus fruit now has an identity! > Only wanted to clarify the common names. > Hill Limon or Lemon, also Kumaon Limon or Lemon? > Could be a typo error. > Regards, > Aarti > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 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.
