Thanks for the info on the subject. I was aware that Ramphal & Sitaphal are different sps but from same genus, hence referred to as a sister fruit. But I was not sure of the exact Latin names. Thanks Sibdas ji.
--- On Thu, 18/9/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [indiantreepix:4847] Re: raindrops To: "indiantreepix" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Date: Thursday, 18 September, 2008, 11:24 PM Ramphal and Sita phal do not belong to the same species. Ramphal is Annona reticulata L. ( Ata- in Bengali), whereas Sitaphal is A. squamosa (Nona in Bengali). We had earlier some discussions on this subject (May 2008). I wondered how Ata got the name Ramphal. It may be presumed it got the name from Rahmapfel (Creamy apple- as the pulp is really creamy). It might have come from the works of some German or Dutch Botanists , many of them were working in India in the Ninenteenth Century in partcular. Subsequently squamosa got the name Sitaphal. Similarly A. cherimolia, a cultivated plant introduced from S.America, got the name Lakshmanphal (sometimes also known as Hanumanphal) and A. muricata (native of W.Indies, grown in Assam) is known as Mamphal. Interestingly all of these species are native of S. America or West Indies. Has any body the knowledge when they were introduced in India? On Sep 18, 4:32 pm, "nabha meghani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hallo > Rahmapfel, Ramphal, interesting comparison. Rahm = cream, that is why it it called rahm+apfel. > Has squamosa anything to do with samosa? Oh, my mouth waters. > Nalini > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mahendra Prasad > To: vivekmail ; J.M. Garg > Cc: Indiantreepix > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:38 AM > Subject: [indiantreepix:4789] Re: raindrops > > Referring to Annona squamosa in Wikipedia, I came across the German name for it, Rahmapfel, very similar sounding to Ramphal, another name for sister fruit of A. squamosa ( Sitaphal ). > > --- On Tue, 16/9/08, J.M. Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: J.M. Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:4786] Re: raindrops > To: "vivekmail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Indiantreepix" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Date: Tuesday, 16 September, 2008, 1:33 PM > > Details from Indiantreepix Database: > Annona squamosa Annonaceae Custard-apple, sugar-apple, sweetsop, sitaphal or Sita's fruit, shareefah, aataa Flowering on 19/4/08- P.O.Tala, Distt Umariya, M.P. India- Satyendra ji. Flowering at Dive Agar, Tal Shrivardhan, Maharashtra- Rajendra Shinde ji- 25/4/08. Custard-apple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia custard apple - indiantreepix | Google Groups Annona squamosa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:42 PM, vivekmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > raindrops on leaves of sitaphal > at aurangabad, 14th september 08 > > For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Landscape pictures etc., visithttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get an email ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click here.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Get an email ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Click here http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
