Thanks for a new plant Sir, not yet seen as I have never been to Kashmir.. On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 9:13 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Never with this plant, but I remember getting lot rashes one day while > back from collection from area of my research in early seventies, > compelling me to show it to a doctor. His first question was did you > collect some new plants today. I went back home to look at my polythene bag > and soon discovered that I had collected a twig of Rhus succedanea now > known as Toxicodendron succedaneum, whose juice is supposed to be toxic for > skin. > > 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, Jan 26, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> tell me about it >> that's 100 rs more than what i was offered to teach a class of 300 1st >> and 2nd year med students, I did not belong to the correct group pf >> influential people in the officialdom >> >> i know i had to ask dad to help me with the bus fare to work >> >> and the same people talked a lot to newspapers about brain drain!!! >> >> === >> >> but we were better photographers for the economy, had to really plot out >> what we wanted to photograph , >> >> and made me learn my camera and it functions well and few filters that >> there were... usually begged them from microscopy lab techs or welders. >> >> usha di >> >> ps >> I asked you about collecting by hand back then because of the skin >> reactions, did you? >> did you get skin allergies or burns? >> usha di >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 9:29 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Ushadi >>> Photography on film camera in early seventies was a great luxury. With a >>> gazetted officer (doctor, engineer, lecturer) not getting more than Rs. 400 >>> as salary, a coloured photo print costing 8-10 rupees, one could not afford >>> to photograph all plants. Only a few of significance to be included in >>> thesis were taken on black and white film. >>> >>> 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, Jan 25, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> collected ... by hand >>>> or on film? >>>> >>>> hope on film >>>> >>>> usha di >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Ushadi and Satish >>>>> >>>>> One of the commonest plants on thatched walls in March April in >>>>> Srinagar Kashmir. The flowers look like a mini Ranunculus. When I remember >>>>> these plants I pity why there no digital cameras when we were so close to >>>>> plants every day. The great beauty of plants in Ladakh I wonder I would be >>>>> able to catch or not again. Collected lot of them between 1970-74 >>>>> >>>>> 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, Jan 25, 2015 at 5:56 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> A different genus from Ranunculaceae not discussed earlier I suppose. >>>>>> Thanks Usha di for additional information. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dr Satish Phadke >>>>>> >>>>>> On 24 January 2015 at 18:40, Ushadi Micromini < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I have heard of this because of medical literature on contact >>>>>>> dermatitis from plants.. never seen it as plant... thanks >>>>>>> >>>>>>> commonly also found and used in the middle east as herbal remedy, it >>>>>>> juice is known to cause second degree burn like lesions ... >>>>>>> so one has to be extra careful if handling these or trying to >>>>>>> remove the "weeds" >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Metin A, Calka O, Akdeniz N, Behcet L. Phytodermatitis from >>>>>>> *Ceratocephalus >>>>>>> falcatus* Contact Dermatitis 2005;52:314-6. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> usha di >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Gurcharan Singh < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Ceratocephalus falcatus* (L.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 1:341, 1805 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> A small annual herb with all basal 3-fid leaves once or twice >>>>>>>> forked into linear segments; scape naked; flower terminal, yellow, >>>>>>>> 10-15 mm >>>>>>>> in diam; sepals 5, petals 5; stamens 5-15; achenes many on elongated >>>>>>>> receptacle, with basal pouch and falcate beak. >>>>>>>> Commonly found on walls or dry grounds. Photographed from >>>>>>>> Pahalgam >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Usha di >>>>>>> =========== >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> > > -- > 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. > -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Assistant Professor Department of Botany I.B. 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