Surajit ji, this is *Lepisanthes rubiginosa. *The fruits are edible. I have tested . We have three species here in Odisha. *L. tetraphylla, L. rubisinosa and L. senegalensis. *Fruits of all plants are edible.
Regards Prasad On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 1:16 AM, surajitkoley <[email protected] > wrote: > Dear Pankaj Ji, > > Learned the new term VERMICULIPHILY, found your paper at - > http://precedings.nature.com/documents/6295/version/1 and in other sites > too. Very very interesting case of pheromones. > > I think Bimal Da is working on pollators for long, since long ago. For me > it is too late! > > Thank you very much for the very nice feedback. > > Regards, > surajit > > > On Friday, 19 April 2013 07:11:45 UTC+5:30, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: >> >> This is very interesting and informative. >> This can be done in a very scientific way and infact it can be published >> too. >> I have been saying this from time to time that the pollination studies on >> plants are lacking in India where as countries like China in past few years >> published so many new modes of pollinations. I published only one new mode >> of pollination so far (VERMICULIPHILY). >> When I was in India, I was working on pollinator visitors of Guava as a >> time pass, and to my surprise there were more than 12 insects I could >> take pictures of. Guava is one of the cheap but nutritious fruits in India, >> can you imagine if there are no pollinators and then no guava in the market. >> Some basic questions to look for answer would be, 1. what are the insect >> pollinator diversity of Guava? 2. does the pollinator visitation vary >> across the flowering period? 3. does the pollinator visitation vary across >> different years? >> You will be surprised to know that in some countries a business of >> professional pollinators is coming up. They breed specific insects and help >> farmers pollinate their crops. And ofcourse, nothing comes for free. >> Best regards and keep sharing. >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, 19 April 2013 00:38:27 UTC+8, surajitkoley wrote: >>> >>> Sir, >>> >>> Found this small to medium tree on roadside. Flowers are small, sweetly >>> scented and a host of insects visit these flowers, some of them can be seen >>> in the attached images. >>> >>> I have been told that the fruits are small currant (or JAMUN) like and >>> edible, though not very tasty, a bit sour + caustic. >>> >>> Can this be *Erioglossum edule* Bl. (*Lepisanthes rubiginosa* (Roxb.) >>> Leenh.)? >>> >>> Photographs were recorded yesterday, in Hooghly. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -- > > --- > 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. > > > -- Dr. Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Odisha, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241 -- --- 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.
