Thank you, Singh ji, for starting this fortnight with a bang. On 11 July 2015 at 10:19, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Abelmoschus moschatus* Medic., Malv. 46. 1787 > syn: *Hibiscus* *abelmoschus* Linn. > > Common names: Musk mallow, Ambrette plant > Hindi, Beng & Guj: Muskdana > Mar: Kasturi-bhenda > Mal: Kattukasturi > Assam: Gorukhia-korai > > > Herb or undershrub up to 2.5 m tall, hispid to prickly; leaves orbicular > or broadly ovate, 3-7 lobed, up to 30 cm long, stipules linear; flowers > axillary, pedicel up to 8 cm long, epicalyx segments 6-10, up to 20 mm > long; calyx up to 3.5 cm long; corolla 10 cm across, yellow with deep > purple spot at base of each petal; capsule 5-8 cm long, ovoid or fusiform, > densely hispid. > > Seeds used as stimulant and carminative, the musk seed oil or ambrette > seed oil used in perfumery, flowers used for flavouring tobacco; tender > leaves eaten in soups. > > Grown in Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh and Herbal Garden of Hamdard > University, both in Delhi > > > 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/ > > > -- > 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. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.