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Dinesh Valke
Oct 31, 2010, 4:29:07 PM10/31/10
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Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » Carissa congesta
kar-ISS-uh -- Latinized form of Indian vernacular name for this genus
kon-JES-tuh -- congested, crowded
commonly known as: Bengal currant, Christ's thorn, corinda tree, karanda • Bengali: করমচা karamcha • Gujarati: કરમર્દ kararmarda • Hindi: बलालक balalak, डिण्डिमी dindimi, करौंदा karaunda, सुषेण sushena • Kannada: ಕರೆಕಾಯಿ karekayi • Konkani: करवंद karavanda • Malayalam: കരിമുളളി karimulali • Marathi: करांदा karanda, करवंद karavanda • Oriya: sushena • Punjabi ਕੌਂਦਾ karaunda • Sanskrit: करमर्द्द karamarda, सुषेण sushena • Tamil: களாக்காய் kalakkay, பெருங்களா perungala • Telugu: కలివె kalive, ఓక oka, పెద్ద వాకకాయ pedda-vakakaya
Native to: India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
Attached views from various locations ... commonly found in all the forests and urban area, in and around cities of Mumbai and Thane
... for more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Carissacongesta&m=tags
kar-ISS-uh -- Latinized form of Indian vernacular name for this genus
kon-JES-tuh -- congested, crowded
commonly known as: Bengal currant, Christ's thorn, corinda tree, karanda • Bengali: করমচা karamcha • Gujarati: કરમર્દ kararmarda • Hindi: बलालक balalak, डिण्डिमी dindimi, करौंदा karaunda, सुषेण sushena • Kannada: ಕರೆಕಾಯಿ karekayi • Konkani: करवंद karavanda • Malayalam: കരിമുളളി karimulali • Marathi: करांदा karanda, करवंद karavanda • Oriya: sushena • Punjabi ਕੌਂਦਾ karaunda • Sanskrit: करमर्द्द karamarda, सुषेण sushena • Tamil: களாக்காய் kalakkay, பெருங்களா perungala • Telugu: కలివె kalive, ఓక oka, పెద్ద వాకకాయ pedda-vakakaya
Native to: India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
Attached views from various locations ... commonly found in all the forests and urban area, in and around cities of Mumbai and Thane
... for more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Carissacongesta&m=tags
Pankaj Kumar
Oct 31, 2010, 4:49:08 PM10/31/10
to Dinesh Valke, efloraofindia
This is one of the few plants which is wrongly interpreted at Christ's thorn.
In our campus the fruits of this plant has been found to be a
preferred food plant for the wild Tricarinate Hill Turtle
(Melanochelys tricarinata).
Please find the pics of baby turtle attached.
Pankaj
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Balkar Arya
Oct 31, 2010, 8:22:43 PM10/31/10
to Pankaj Kumar, Dinesh Valke, efloraofindia
Dinesh and Pankaj Ji
Shayad aap saari Raat Apocynaceae ke Chakkar me Soye Nahi.
Aapke Jajbe ko Salaam Namste.
Thanks--
Regards
Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
Shayad aap saari Raat Apocynaceae ke Chakkar me Soye Nahi.
Aapke Jajbe ko Salaam Namste.
Thanks
Regards
Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
Prashant awale
Nov 1, 2010, 1:19:09 AM11/1/10
to Balkar Arya, Pankaj Kumar, Dinesh Valke, efloraofindia
Good begining Dinesh.
cheers
Prashant
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