Dear Friends, The presence of oxalic acid explains my bad experience some years back when in spite of warning I touched a fruit. I was then informed not to put my hand into water. Unfortunately, it rained and I got wet. Within minutes, it was itching all over my body from head to toe. The itching lasted almost half an hour. Regards Yazdy Palia.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:08 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Dinesh ji, > > Some extracts from Wikipedia link: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryota_urens > > Caryota urens is a species of flowering plant in the palm family from Sri > Lanka, Myanmar, and India where they grow in fields and rain-forest > clearings. The epithet urens is Latin for 'stinging' alluding to the > chemicals in the fruit. They are commonly called solitary fishtail palm, > toddy palm, wine palm or jaggery palm. According to Monier-Williams, it is > called moha-karin ("delusion maker") in Sanskrit. This species is > solitary-trunked to 12 meters in height and 30 cm wide. Widely-spaced > leaf-scar rings cover the gray trunks which culminate in a 6 m wide, 6 m > tall leaf crown. The bipinnate leaves are triangular in shape, bright to > deep green, 3.5 m long, and held on 60 cm long petioles. The obdeltoid > pinnae are 30 cm long with a pointed edge and a jagged edge (hence, jaggery > palm). The 3 m long inflorescences emerge at each leaf node, from top to > bottom, producing pendent clusters of white, unisexual flowers. The fruit > matures to a round, 1 cm drupe, red in color with one seed. Like all > Caryotas, the fruit contains oxalic acid, a skin and membrane irritant. As > these plants are monocarpic, the completion of the flower and fruiting > process results in the death of the tree. > > This species is called kithul in Sri Lanka. It is the source of kithul > treacle, a liquid jaggery.[1] > > Other good links: http://www.floridata.com/ref/C/cary_ure.cfm (details), > http://ayurvedicmedicinalplants.com/plants/6553.html (desc. with a pic.), > http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos/Species/caryota_urens.htm (a few > pictures). > > > 2009/1/14 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> >> ... Caryota urens ... fishtail palm, jaggery palm, toddy palm, wine palm >> Regards. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Thiruvengadam Ekambaram >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Where is the attachment. >>>> >>>> On 1/14/09, Thiruvengadam Ekambaram <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Friends >>>> > >>>> > This tree I saw on Coorg mountains many places. >>>> > Please ID >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > With Warm Regards, >>>> > >>>> > THIRU >>>> > (E.Thiruvengadam) >>>> > >>>> > Mobile 9987886892 >>>> > >>>> > Wildlife Activist & Photographer >>>> Mumbai, India. >>>> http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/wild_mumbai/ >>>> www.rajesh-sachdev.blogspot.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With Warm Regards, >>> >>> THIRU >>> (E.Thiruvengadam) >>> >>> Mobile 9987886892 >>> >>> Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & >>> Fauna:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group >>> (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >>> >>> >>> >>> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
