Thanks all for the excellent information. 2009/10/12 Satish Phadke <[email protected]>
> 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://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_metro_2/*http://in.yahoo.com/trynew> >> . >> > > > > -- > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > -- http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
