Brassicaceae Week :: Brassica juncea at Vaghbil

Dinesh Valke

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Nov 5, 2012, 10:34:16 AM11/5/12

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Brassicaceae Week Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.

BRAS-ee-ka -- from the classical Latin name for cabbage
JUN-kee-uh -- rush-like

commonly known as: brown mustard, Indian mustard, leaf mustard • Assamese: jatilai • Bengali: সর্ষপ sarsapa • Hindi: सर्षप sarshap, सरसों sarson • Kannada: ಸಾಸಿವೆ saasive, ಸರ್ಷಪ sarshapa • Kashmiri: सर्शफ् sarshaph • Konkani: सास्सम sassama • Malayalam: സര്‍ഷപം sarshapam • Manipuri: hangam • Marathi: मोहरी mohari, राई rai • Sanskrit: राजिका rajika, सर्षप sarshapa • Tamil: கடுகு katuku • Telugu: సర్షపము sarsapamu, సాసువులు sasuvulu • Urdu: سرشف sarshaf

Distribution: widely naturalized; widely cultivated

References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • ENVIS - FRLHT

at Vaghbil, Thane, Maharashtra on 15 NOV 08

Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Nov 5, 2012, 11:09:48 AM11/5/12

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Thanks Dinesh ji for sharing

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh

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Mani Nair

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Nov 5, 2012, 11:07:55 PM11/5/12

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Beautiful flowers Dinesh ji

Regards,

Mani

Regards.
Dinesh

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Dinesh Valke

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Nov 6, 2012, 1:32:44 PM11/6/12

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Thank you very much Gurcharan ji and Mani ji.
Regards.
Dinesh

Prashant Awale

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Nov 11, 2012, 2:12:04 AM11/11/12

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Wow, Nice one.

( Even though the meaning of the Muhawara "Rai ka Pahad Banana" is " to make an issue of things which could be very well left alone ", here in this week with so many beautiful, informative and interesting post of Mustard (Rai), we had made a big mountain of Rai..."

Nice upload Dinesh.
Regards
Prashant

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Dinesh Valke

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Nov 11, 2012, 5:06:18 AM11/11/12

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Very nice perspective, Prashant.
Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Nov 11, 2012, 9:46:53 AM11/11/12

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Thanks Prashant ji for nice appropriate comments. These keep the group lively and in cheerful mood.

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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/

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