Ohh! not at all I am getting much dependant on them here out in canada. tanay
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks Tanay. Good to hear from you, hope you miss these fruits !! > > regards, > Rashida. > > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:09 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> nice catch Rashida ji quite a detailed picture >> Tanay >> >> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Rashida Atthar < >> atthar.rash...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thank you Sir, seems quite widespread. >>> >>> regards. >>> Rashida. >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Rashida ji for showing us another species of Dillenia >>>> Seems to be widely distributed, as following common names indicate >>>> >>>> Hindi: Agai, Kallai >>>> Beng: Karkotta >>>> Mar: Karmal >>>> Tel: Chinakalinga, Ravudana >>>> Tam: Nayetekku >>>> Kan: Kanigala, Kadikanigala >>>> Mal: Punna, Kodapunna >>>> Oryiya: Rai >>>> Assam: Akshi >>>> Nepal: Tatri >>>> Trade: Dillenia >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Rashida Atthar < >>>> atthar.rash...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Here's the Dillenia pentagyna fruiting seen today at the southern end >>>>> of the national park in Mumbai. We hardly ever get to see the flowering of >>>>> this tree which lasts just a few days. As per 'Trees of Mumbai' book >>>>> -The >>>>> scientific name Dillenia was given by Linnaeus in honour of Johann >>>>> Dillenius, a German Physician and professor of Botany at Oxford (1734). >>>>> The >>>>> ovary has five chambers, hence the specific name pentagyna. It is one of >>>>> the >>>>> most primitive amongst flowering plants existing today. >>>>> >>>>> regards, >>>>> Rashida. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> 9830439691(Mobile) >> >> >> > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
