A reply:
"Dear Dr Garg,
There are different names in vernacular,for Passion
Flower.Some people call it Pandav Kourav,in Assam it is known as
Shankh-Chakra-Gada-Padma.Thanks to Mr VPSingh for sharing the info.
Regards
Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar
Mobile: 9434194942"
On 19 January 2011 10:09, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A reply:
> "Correct me if I am wrong. It is also called 'Panch Pandav'
>
> v p singh"
>
> On 18 January 2011 10:17, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Forwarding pl.
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Col Bimal Sarkar <colbimalsar...@yahoo.com>
>> Date: 17 January 2011 19:30
>> Subject: PASSIFLORA QUADRANGULARIS
>>
>> Dear Friend,
>> I saw Passiflora Quadragularis ( Giant Granadilla ),for the
>> first time at Forest Research Institute,Dehradun in 1987.Next I saw the
>> plant at Tezpur in 2001.According to NL Bor and B M Raizada this plant is a
>> native of tropical America.It bears large fruits.These are eaten as a
>> vegetable.I have seen it being sold at Tezpur market.I tried the
>> vegetable.It has got a mild flavour of Passion flower.I collected a sapling
>> from Tezpur.That climber is bearing flowers/fruits.Attaching images of
>> flower and fruit of the plant.
>> Regards
>> Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar
>> Mobile: 9434194942
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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> With regards,
> J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1
> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'
> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* &
> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged
> alphabetically & place-wise):
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them
> for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image.
> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora,
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> 15/12/10)
>
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With regards,
J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1
'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'
The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* &
eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged
alphabetically & place-wise):
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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 Google e-group- Efloraofindia:
http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix or
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (more than 1500 members &
60,000 messages on 15/1/11 & with a database of around 4450 species on
15/12/10)
