Dear Ravi, This is Gnidia glauca. (family: Thymeleaceae). Locally also called as Rametha. Have alook at following link.
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fish%20Poison%20Bush.html Thanks & best wishes Prashant On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Ravi Vaidyanathan < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > > This shrub is called the "Daatpadi" in the local marathi lingo.. would > love to get the scientific name > > The speciality of this shrub is that it has alkaloids which loosen the > gums when applied on it and makes extraction of the tooth almost > painless > > We had an incident some years back when some trekkers inadvertently > used the stick of this plant to stir their morning tea and found their > teeth falling off after a couple of hours !! > > This were captured on the way to Ghanchakkar which is a hillock near > the Ratangad fort overlookin the Bhandardara fort > > There were quite many of these shrubs dotting the way right upto the top > > Regards > > Ravi > > -- > > 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > -- 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
