Nice article Vijayasankar ji. Has it been tried in India to retard the spread of Dengue and Chikungunya? Regards, Badri On 20 Oct 2014 20:05, "Vijayasankar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gurcharan ji, I think the 2nd picture is U. californica. Other two > pictures are correctly identified. As you might know, U. californica is > native to California, Oregon etc. whereas, L. nobilis is a Mediterranean > species and occurs only under cultivation in the USA. > > Aarti ji, I really appreciate your identification of this (and several > other) species and also your keen observations. These plants can confuse > even trained experts. Great work! > In our paper <http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf4052682>, we have > compared both the species by their chemistry and leaf anatomy. > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Vijayasankar Ji, Gurcharan Ji, >> Thanks a lot for the id and additional information. >> Since returning, I have been trying to find ids on Google search. >> Thats how I had found the id to be *Umbellularia californica, C*alifornian >> Bay Laurel of Lauraceae. >> My observation was that the fruits were slightly bigger than those of >> Laurus nobilis. >> Thanks for the correction Vijayasankar Ji. >> Regards, >> Aarti >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 4:26 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Vijayasankar ji for alert. I now remember these fruits when we >>> visited Shasta Caverns in 2008. I think I have both. I am uploading both >>> for your validation. I have checked Japson Flora. Both are recorded from >>> California >>> >>> >>> http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=ucjeps&enlarge=0000+0000+0901+0086 >>> >>> >>> http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=ucjeps&enlarge=0000+0000+0905+1342 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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, Oct 20, 2014 at 1:43 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Aarti ji and Gurcharan ji, you both are correct in a way or other! >>>> >>>> It is *Umbellularia californica *(californian bay laurel) often >>>> mistaken for and/or adulterated to the Mediterranean or Sweet bay laurel, >>>> Laurus nobilis. This plant (U. californica) is used in the same was as L. >>>> nobilis but it causes severe headache in some people who are allergic to >>>> it. Umbellulone is the compound responsible for this allergic action >>>> present in the leaves of U. californica. >>>> >>>> Please check this article for more details >>>> http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf4052682 >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Vijayasankar >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >>>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>>> University of Mississippi >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Gurcharan Ji, >>>>> Thanks for the id. >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Aarti >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Laurus nobilis >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Laurus$20nobilis/indiantreepix/I_89hvx-f70/ol-NcCHkxzwJ >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Aarti S. Khale < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Seen in the premises of a school in Fremont on 28th Sept,14. >>>>>>> Is it Umbellularia californica of Lauraceae? >>>>>>> Medium tree. >>>>>>> Aarti >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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