it is not papad it i papadi. the fruits seen are flat with oval or almand like seed inthe centre. it has wings all around actually two wings. it is samara fruit. the seeds are tasty just like almonds. in our school age we used to eat these seeds a lot during recess time. tree looks beautiful with greeen as well as ripen brown fruits especilly with the wind breeze when they move. madhuri
________________________________ From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> To: Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> Cc: indiantreepix <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 25 May, 2010 4:26:43 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:35919] Monkey Biscuit Padmini ji What is "papad" in this tree fruits?. Local gardener told be papad as local name of the tree. -- 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, May 7, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: Holoptelea integrifolia laden with its "papad" in Chennai. > >I have never managed to see the flowers of this tree. > >Padmini Raghavan.-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"efloraofindia" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
