Hi Bindu, seeds are toxic. But, leaves are used in 'pan' (पान) which is eaten after the heavy lunch/dinner. cheers, shubhada
________________________________ From: bindu kapadia <[email protected]> To: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> Cc: indiantreepix Indian <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 14 October, 2009 7:13:30 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:20882] Re: Adenanthera pavonina v/s Arbus precatorius Most probabely the leaves of rati has medicinal value.They are eaten for stomach digestion even mixed in "mukhwas" But when you all say the poisonous effect------ i am wondering if it's the same. It's called sonamukhi pan. Regards, Bindu On 10/14/09, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: 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:// satishphadke.blogspot.com >> > > > >-- > >http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > >>> > Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/photos --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
