Passiflora foetida from Tirupati

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Balkar Arya

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Jan 23, 2011, 9:40:12 AM1/23/11
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Dear All
Passiflora foetida

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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mani nair

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Jan 23, 2011, 9:41:38 AM1/23/11
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Balkar ji, nice capture. The fruits are edible.

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Mani.

Balkar Arya

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Jan 23, 2011, 9:42:57 AM1/23/11
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I think they there smell is not so good

mani nair

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Jan 23, 2011, 9:45:13 AM1/23/11
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one more info.  - The caterpillars of Tawny coster butterflies feed on the leaves of this plant.

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Mani.


Balkar Arya

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Jan 23, 2011, 9:46:01 AM1/23/11
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Really intersting

Pankaj Kumar

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Jan 23, 2011, 9:54:01 AM1/23/11
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Fruits are medicinal but they stink very badly due to the glandular
hairs present on the throughout the plant body except fruit surface.
Pankaj

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Pankaj Kumar

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Jan 23, 2011, 9:55:07 AM1/23/11
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By the way, what we have at Dehradun has blue colouration on the
corona, this has red.
Pankaj

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Balkar Arya <balka...@gmail.com> wrote:

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tanay bose

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Jan 23, 2011, 11:23:13 AM1/23/11
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Nice catch balkar ji
tanay
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