Many thanks to all of you.
The relevant page on flowers of india dot net is very informative:
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mexican%20Prickly%20Poppy.html

and so is the wikipedia page esp with regards to mustard oil becoming toxic
on adulteration with just 1% oil of mexican poppy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argemone_mexicana

Regards
Dev
On 21 March 2011 16:28, Na Bha <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote:

>  I remember to have seen these flowers in plenty in my childhood in Pune.
> We used to call it Pivla Dhotra    पिवळा धोतरा
> Regards
> Nalini
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>
> *To:* tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Dev Kumar <dev.kumar.vasude...@gmail.com> ; 
> indiantreepix<indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 21, 2011 11:12 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:65259] Request Species id 21032011 DKV-1
>
> Yes Tanay, a very common spring weed in Delhi also.
>
>
> --
> 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 Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:18 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> *Argemone mexicana *(Mexican Poppy) from the family Papavaraceae
>> Tanay
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Dev Kumar <
>> dev.kumar.vasude...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> request species id please
>>> clicked in Mhow, Dist Indore, MP
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *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 (Mobile)
>>            604-822-2019 (Lab)
>>            604-822-6089  (Fax)
>> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
>>  *Webpages:*
>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html
>> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html
>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

Reply via email to