Sir, Thank you very much for the ID of this tree. Though "Bengal Plants" informs that this tree was rare at that time i have seen a few of them in that village, distributed on the roadside and also in the wild.
Also i could not find any Bengali name of this plant. But a local carpenter informs me that this is known as KAAKJAAM. Regards, surajit On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Prasad Dash <[email protected]>wrote: > 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.
