The beautiful edible fruits! This species is now more important as a potential source of 'Taxol". DSRawat Pantnagar
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 8:19:12 AM UTC+5:30, gurinder goraya wrote: > > > > > > > *Taxus contorta* (=T. baccata, T. wallichiana), the Western Himalayan > Yew, is locally known as 'Thuna', 'Rakhal', and 'Birmi' in different parts > of Himachal Pradesh. Needles traded as raw drugs under the name 'Birmi > Talish'. Bark locally used in making herbal tea. Photographed in Great > Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh. > > Regards, > > Dr. G. S. Goraya, IFS > Deputy Director General (Research) > Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, > New Forest P.O., *DEHRADUN* - 248 006. > (Uttarakhand, India) > > Ph. 0135 - 2757775 (O) > > > > -- 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.
