Good to know, Madhuri... now I want to see the seeds... curiosity aroused!!!
does anyone have pics of the seeds? Usha di ===== On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes Madhuri Ji > > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Madhuri Pejaver <formpeja...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> ** >> If not mistaken the seed gives an appearence of Shivling. Hence the name. >> Madhuri >> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEA >> ------------------------------ >> *From: * Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> >> *Sender: * indiantreepix@googlegroups.com >> *Date: *Sun, 8 Apr 2012 06:09:34 +0530 >> *To: *Gurcharan Singh<singh...@gmail.com> >> *Cc: *<indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> *Subject: *Re: [efloraofindia:113047] Cucurbitaceae Week: Diplocyclos >> palmatus from Chakrata >> >> Common Name- Shivlingi Bel >> >> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> *Diplocyclos palmatus* (L.) C. Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 15:352. 1962 >>> syn: *Bryonia palmata* L. >>> >>> Common names: *lollipop-climber*, *striped-cucumber* >>> * >>> * >>> Perennial climbing herb with palmately usually 5-lobed leaves; flowers >>> white or cream, male in fascicles, female solitary or clustered in same >>> axil as male; fruit globose or ovoid, lined or variegated, finally red. >>> >>> Photographed from Dakpathar. >>> >>> >>> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ixj4TbY5LeE/T36mmGh5_8I/AAAAAAAAA6s/_K-7GRxH3Ws/s1600/Diplocyclos-palmatus-Dakpathar-1.jpg> >>> Diplocyclos-palmatus-Dakpathar-1 >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--JLQnJjIHNY/T36myvfFLyI/AAAAAAAAA64/D2hpwrLEFL4/s1600/Diplocyclos-palmatus-Dakpathar-2.jpg> >>> Diplocyclos-palmatus-Dakpathar-2 >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AtpJaEs1xJA/T36m_iR6cPI/AAAAAAAAA7E/r6GajVJIID8/s1600/Diplocyclos-palmatus-Dakpathar-3.jpg> >>> Diplocyclos-palmatus-Dakpathar-3 >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UylwZHGwZHs/T36nMaCJAtI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/ESWkbZJ8i-E/s1600/Diplocyclos-palmatus-Dakpathar-4.jpg> >>> Diplocyclos-palmatus-Dakpathar-4 >>> >>> >>> Gurcharan Singh >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- Usha di ===========