Rosaceae Week: Prunus armeniaca L. from Kashmir

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Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 7, 2011, 11:18:40 PM10/7/11
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Prunus armeniaca L.

Common name: Apricot

Small tree with reddish bark, leaves ovate, glabrous, serrate, pubescent beneath on veins; flowers pinkish, 2-2.5 cm across; fruit pubescent when young smooth and yellow often flushed with red when mature, slightly flattened.

Photographed from Shankeracharya hill, Srinagar Kashmir


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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
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Balkar Singh

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Oct 8, 2011, 12:13:57 AM10/8/11
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Thanks for Sharing Sir New for me
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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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Oct 8, 2011, 2:27:29 AM10/8/11
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Why Shankaracharya? Any relation to our Shankarachrya?
Tempting to eat. When can we come to Kashmir to pluck them, cheries, apples from tree directly? And in your company?
Madhuri

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From: Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 08:48:40 +0530
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Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 8, 2011, 10:01:16 PM10/8/11
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Yes there is a very famous temple at the top of the hill by this name. Older name is Takhat-e-Sulaiman.


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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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

Ushadi micromini

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Oct 9, 2011, 3:21:40 AM10/9/11
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my most favourite of all fruits....

beats the mango even...
gives one Vit B17 to boot.



On Oct 9, 7:01 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes there is a very famous temple at the top of the hill by this name. Older
> name is Takhat-e-Sulaiman.
>
> --
> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:57 AM, <formpeja...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > ** Why Shankaracharya? Any relation to our Shankarachrya?
> > Tempting to eat. When can we come to Kashmir to pluck them, cheries, apples
> > from tree directly? And in your company?
> > Madhuri
>
> > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel
> > ------------------------------
> > *From: * Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>
> > *Sender: * indian...@googlegroups.com
> > *Date: *Sat, 8 Oct 2011 08:48:40 +0530
> > *To: *efloraofindia<indian...@googlegroups.com>
> > *Subject: *[efloraofindia:86570] Rosaceae Week: Prunus armeniaca L. from
> > Kashmir
>
> > *Prunus armeniaca* L.
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