Malvaceae week :: Melochia corchorifolia

Dinesh Valke

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Sep 8, 2011, 7:25:22 AM9/8/11

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Melochia corchorifolia L.

mi-LOH-kee-uh -- from the Arabic name melochien (of ?)
kor-koh-rih-FOH-lee-uh -- having leaves like Corchorus

Aug 26, 2007 at at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai

commonly known as: chocolateweed, wire bush • Hindi: bundahia, bundava, चित्रबीज chitrabeez, thulak, tikiokra • Malayalam: niruren, tsjeru-uren • Marathi: लहान मेथुरी lahan methuri • Tamil: பிண்ணாக்குக்கீரை pinnakkukkirai • Telugu: gangupindi, kura, sitha kura, sitnata kura, tutturubenda

Native to: tropical Asia

... Sep 26, 2009 at Pooja Farms (resort) near Kolad, Maharashtra
... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Melochiacorchorifolia&m=tags

Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 8, 2011, 8:04:22 AM9/8/11

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Another good one Dinesh ji

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Satish Phadke

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Sep 8, 2011, 10:39:17 AM9/8/11

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Another good one. I have yet to come across this species.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Ushadi micromini

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Sep 8, 2011, 12:37:23 PM9/8/11

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very nice...
how do you always get uniform shade...
do you bring your assistant (as in your wife) with an umbrella (John
Shaw used to say he brought his wife along to hold his white
umbrella or two and may be a reflector when he goes out photographing
wild flowers ,,, :)...)

usha di
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On Sep 8, 7:39 pm, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another good one. I have yet to come across this species.
>

> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > *Melochia corchorifolia * L.
>
> > - *mi-LOH-kee-uh* -- from the Arabic name *melochien* (of ?)
> > *kor-koh-rih-FOH-lee-uh* -- having leaves like *Corchorus*
>
> > [image: Melochia corchorifolia]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>

> > Aug 26, 2007 at at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai
>

> > *commonly known as*: chocolateweed, wire bush • *Hindi*: bundahia,
> > bundava, चित्रबीज chitrabeez, thulak, tikiokra • *Malayalam*: niruren,
> > tsjeru-uren • *Marathi*: लहान मेथुरी lahan methuri • *Tamil*:
> > பிண்ணாக்குக்கீரை pinnakkukkirai • *Telugu*: gangupindi, kura, sitha kura,
> > sitnata kura, tutturubenda
>
> > *Native to*: tropical Asia
>
> > - [image: Tsjeru-uren (in Malayalam)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>... Sep 26, 2009 at Pooja Farms (resort) near Kolad, Maharashtra
> > - ... more views:
> > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Melochiacorchorifoli...
>
> > Regards.
> > Dinesh

Neil Soares

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Sep 10, 2011, 12:22:39 AM9/10/11

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Hi,

Sending some of my recent photographs to complement Dinesh's.

With regards,

Neil Soares.

--- On Thu, 9/8/11, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com>
Subject: [efloraofindia:80439] Malvaceae week :: Melochia corchorifolia
To: "efloraofindia" <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011, 4:55 PM

Melochia corchorifolia L.

mi-LOH-kee-uh -- from the Arabic name melochien (of ?)
kor-koh-rih-FOH-lee-uh -- having leaves like Corchorus

Aug 26, 2007 at at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai

Melochia corchorifolia 1.jpg

Melochia corchorifolia 2.jpg

Melochia corchorifolia 3.jpg

Dinesh Valke

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Sep 10, 2011, 1:16:03 AM9/10/11

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... thanks for showing the fruits, Neil ji.
Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 10, 2011, 1:58:09 AM9/10/11

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Another nice one Dinesh ji

--
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/

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