Very common in Kashmir. One of the earliest plants to flower in Kashmir in February March when thick fragrant spikes appear at tips of branches before leaves. The tree has broad ovate-elliptic leaves for rest of the year. Every gardener in Kashmir would know.
-- 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Abhishek Pandey <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > I am desperately looking for "Salix Aegyptiaca". The essential oil extract > from this plant forms a very important ingredient of a medicine which has > shown some promise in a rare disorder called "MSA" or Multiple System > Atrophy. > > My mother is suffering from this devastating disease. And the only Unani > medicine that has shown some promise is something we are trying to make. > All other ingredient / herbal extracts we have managed to find apart from > "Salix Aegyptiaca" essential oil. > > I need half to one kg of either the flowers("male catkins") or bark or > branches of this tree. > > I will be forever be grateful for any help extended to find this medicinal > plant for my mother. > > Abhishek Pandey > Mobile 09632533099 > email: [email protected] > Bangalore > > ps: I found a discussion on "salix aegyptiaca" on this forum of google > group. Here is the link. > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/X4B1dXyATZo > > Here is a very good paper mentioning the medicinal value of "Salix > Aegyptiaca" > > http://www.academicjournals.org/ajb/PDF/pdf2012/5Apr/Asgarpanah.pdf > > > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
