Forwarding for any more inputs in the matter pl. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Date: 19 October 2011 19:42 Subject: [efloraofindia:88574] Safed Kantakari revisited To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Pankaj Oudhia < [email protected]>
Dear friends In January 2011, we had a detailed discussion on plant known as Safed Kantakari and used as important herbal medicine. This plant is apparently mostly identified Solanum xanthocarpum (also known as S. surattense, but correctly S. virginianum now.). White flowers are reported in this species occurring rarely and in fact photographs with white flowers were uploaded by Pravin ji but according to Pankaj Oudyia ji this is not real Safed kantakari. Here is that old thread https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Safed$20kantakari/indiantreepix/eZFwolptkEg/-pNFlr2bi1kJ In the same thread Devi ji reported: " In Kerala, there are 10 sacred herbs that are grouped under the name of "Dashapushpam". Lakshmana [ Thirutali in Malyalam] is one of them.The same book names the white flowered Kantakari as Solanum It's botanical name as per the book "Ayurvedic Drugs and their Plant Sources" is Ipomoea Marginata/ Ipomoea Obscura. It's a creeper with heart shaped leaves and white funnel like flowers. The same book names the white flowered Kantakari as Solanum Capsicoides and the purple flowered one as S.Surattense/xanthocarpum/virginianum." Today I received a phone call from Mr. Atul Goel about Safed Kantakari. I advised him to send me the photographs of it. He sent me one and on the basis of that it is clearly not Solanum xanthocarpum, it is rather S. capsicoides, as suggested by Devi ji. I am uploading the same for further inputs on this. It is a smaller gif image, but I think it should help . Regards, -- 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/ -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2065 members & 1,47,500 messages on 28/2/13) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 8000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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