Gurcharan ji has photographed them in his brain since that time. Now using digicam for showing them to us.
Dr Satish Phadke On 27 January 2015 at 19:48, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Toxicodendron succedaneum i guess would be the indian equivalent of NE usa > 's poison sumac may be? > > Sumac's juice is toxic so are the berries to humans but birds during snow > storms have this and a few other red berries in urban landscape for food... > > googling shows bright red foliage... > does it get that red in fall or winter in Kashmir? > > usha di > > 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. 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