Satish ji, Another Marathi name for Adenanthera pavonina is Thorali Gunj - ' थोरली गुंज' . ( may be because it is a tree and Arbus precatorius is a twiner.) cheers, shubhada
________________________________ From: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> To: shubhada nikharge <[email protected]> Cc: indiantreepix Indian <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, 12 October, 2009 9:20:22 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:20758] Re: Adenanthera pavonina v/s Arbus precatorius Thanks Shubhada ji Very good information. The Marathi name of both the species is same ....Gunj.(The tree variety is often called as Ratangunj) I don't think any body should object such discussions. Regards Satish 2009/10/12 shubhada nikharge <[email protected]> Satish ji, >beautiful pics. > >Here is some interesting info about the seeds of Adenanthera pavonina from the >book 'Trees of Mumbai' by Mr. Almeida and Mr. Chaturvedi. >"In old days, the seeds were used as weights by jewellers in Arebia (Aden) . >Each seed roughly weighs 0.26 gm. The seeds are toxic to humans/animals. But, >if the seed is eaten unbroken, it does not get digested and and is expelled >without causing any harm to the consumer. >The seeds are twice as heavy as 'Gunj' or 'crab's eye' ( Arbus precatorius) >seeds." > > >Gunj or Crab's eye ( Arbus precatorius) is > a twiner from the family Fabaceae. >i have uploaded pics of Gunj' ( Arbus precatorius) seeds. These seeds also >when the external coat is removed are toxic and if swallowed can be fatal. > >Garg ji, > i am aware i should not mix two diff. plants in the same email. But i wanted > to highlight the similarity in seeds of both plants. so i changed the subject > of the mail. is it correct or should i write a separate mail ? > >cheers, >shubhada > > > ________________________________ From: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >To: indiantreepix Indian <[email protected]> >Sent: Sat, 10 October, 2009 4:32:12 PM >Subject: [indiantreepix:20615] Adenanthera pavonina > >Adenanthera pavonina >Indian Native tree with Medicinal properties. >>Family: Mimosaceae. >Ratangunj. >Ferguson Road Pune 10 Oct 2009. >Dr Satish Phadke >-- > >http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > > > > > >________________________________ Yahoo! India has a new look. Take a sneak peek. -- http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India Homepage! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
