Thanks Rawat ji for sharing this tiny Himalayan beauty. Regards Prashant On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Rawat ji > Collected many specimens in both flower and fruit in early seventees, but > yet to catch on my camera. Hope to do it soon. > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 9:00 AM, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Gaultheria trichophylla is a small prostrate shrub of Rhododendron family >> (Ericaceae) with flowers as small as 5mm only. Blue coloured fleshy fruits >> with mild aroma of oil of wintergreen are abundantly produced later and are >> edible. A common plant on steep slopes of alpine zones in the Himalaya. >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > > > > --