Sushmita, your description of the fruit of Arisaemas and Meena, your ID of the plant reminded me when as a young boy, only 7 yrs , I had come across a similar plant around the Nainital Lake when we visited the hill-station sometime in Sept-Oct. The bright orange to red fruits with the dark green leaves in the shade attracted my attention and I wanted to pluck it. A local guide told my father it was poisonous, who then forbade me to even touch it. More than 50 yrs later I came across something similar when Haldi ( Turmeric/Curcuma longa, Order Zingiberales ) planted in our garden produced similar coloured fruits a few years ago. Here is a link for more info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arisaema , & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcuma_longa,
________________________________ From: Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> To: Meena Subramaniam <[email protected]> Cc: indiantreepix <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 18 June, 2009 9:03:14 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:13431] Re: North Bengal Fruit - ID Request 3 - 18Jun09:SJ Thank you very much for your help, Meena. Sushmita Jha On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Meena Subramaniam <[email protected]> wrote: The fruit of Arisaema spp. or an Aroid( aroidaceae) for sure. > >On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:08:48 +0530 wrote >>Dear all, >>Photographed during my North Bengal trip last Sept/Oct. I believe this is >>quite prevalent in the North East also and if I recall correctly, in my >>childhood when my parents had stopped the car to have a picnic lunch during >>a road journey from Delhi to Jorhat, I ran into the forest side and plucked >>one of these fruits (which was fully ripe and therefore bright red) and I >>remember loosing the sensation in my right had for about a month. Is anyone >>aware of this fruit causing this symptom? Also, an ID would be much >>appreciated. >>Thanks. >>Sushmita Jha >> >>> >> > Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
