Shobha ji Both Abrus precatorius and Adenanthera pavonina, (as well as Mash bean (Black gram, Phaseolus mungo), and rice have been used in traditional weighing system. This is what we learnt since childhood
8 chaval (rice) = 1 rati 8 rati =1 masha 12 masha =1 tola Both Ratti as well as Adenanther pavonina (thus also called carat bean) have long been used in weighing gold and ornaments, as also for making rosaries. Incidently word gram also seems to be derived from black gram which weighs slightly less than 1 gm. Here are exact relationships. 1 carat bean= 4 grains= 0.259 gm 1 tola = 11.6638125 gm 1 masha = 0.971984375 gm 1 Rati = 0.121998046875 gm 1 rice = 0.0151872559 gm thus one carat bean seed would be roughly equal to two seeds of rati -- 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 Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Satish Chile <chilesat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Tanay ji. Constructive critics are always welcome. > Satish > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 7:29 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Shobha Ji, Parjanya Ji & Satish ji, >> This plant is indeed *Adenanthera pavonina from the *Family Leguminosae, >> Subfamily Mimosoideae common called Coral wood. I think Satish Ji and >> Parjanya Ji both made a typographical error regarding the name of the plant. >> Hope you will not mind for pointing out the correction!!! >> Regards >> Tanay >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Satish Chile <chilesat...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Yes this is Adenanthera pavonia. Leaves and fruits are quite similar. It >>> would be better Shobha ji if you get a picture with attached seeds. >>> Satish >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Parjanya guru <gurooji1...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> .. Seems to be *Adenanthera pavonia* Even the fruits behind are >>>> resembling... >>>> But.. were the seeds scarlet red.? ha..? >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4/29/10, shobha chavda <koa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Request for ID-290410SC1 >>>>> Dear All, >>>>> I saw this tree in BPT Garden ,Colaba ,Mumbai. >>>>> Is it Adenanthera pavonia ? ( "रतनगुंज" in Marathi) >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Shobha >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> Parjanya Guru >>>> +919738723392 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Satish Kumar Chile >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "efloraofindia" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> 9830439691(Mobile) >> 9674221362 (Mobile) >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Satish Kumar Chile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
