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Col Bimal Sarkar

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Apr 4, 2011, 10:39:33 AM4/4/11

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Dear Friends,
Attaching two images.One is of a butterfly ( Plain Tiger On Haliotropa )and the other of Ficus Krishna.This is what Dr Venakatesh says about Ficus Krishna.
" Ficus Krishna ( KRISHNA FIG ) is an unusual variant of the Banyan.Its leaves which are smaller than those of the Banyan have a pocket like pouchon their back at the baseabove the leaf stalk.The religious persons believe that this is because Lord Krishna used them to scoop out butter."
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Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar
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Vedprakash Singh

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Apr 4, 2011, 11:01:31 AM4/4/11

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Col saheb ....e flora member Dr Ashiish Tiple 09673446025 is a butterfly ecologist "Ashish Tiple" <ashish...@yahoo.co.in>, Asst. Professor in a collage in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra.

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Ushadi micromini

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Apr 5, 2011, 12:12:45 AM4/5/11

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Dear Colonel: I am always eager to look at your pictures of birds and
butterflies enjoying fruits , esp on your banyan trees... my question
today is... where is this Krishna fig or Krishna-bot growing? How
did you get it? from seeds, seedling or cutting?
Thanks
Usha di.

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Col Bimal Sarkar

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Apr 7, 2011, 10:50:52 AM4/7/11

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Dear Friend,
Attaching two images.Second one is for identification.

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Gurcharan Singh

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Apr 7, 2011, 11:05:30 AM4/7/11

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I hope Callicarpa bodinieri

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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