If not mistaken the seed gives an appearence of Shivling. Hence the name. Madhuri Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from !DEA
-----Original Message----- From: Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com> Sender: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 06:09:34 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
