>From Lynn: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lynn Wilson <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:21 AM Subject: RE: Of stolen plums and hard beatings! Zizyphus jujuba To: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>
Hi Rakesh, That is, indeed, a noble tree. And a sobering and important message on our agricultural practices. Thank you for sharing. -Lynn Lynn Wilson, Ph.D. Executive Director *SeaTrust Institute* POB 12435 Olympia, WA 98508 [email protected] www.seatrustinstitute.org *Consortium on Climate Change and Population Health<http://www.igi-global.com/climatechange/> * *Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration<http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=8003> * [image: cid:_1_02B4894002B5C0A4004639F888257442] Do you really need to print this email? *From:* Rakesh Biswas [mailto:[email protected]] *Sent:* Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:19 PM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* Of stolen plums and hard beatings! Zizyphus jujuba From: *raghu ananth* <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:41 AM *Zizyphus jujuba* *Fam: Rhamnaceae* *English: Indian jujube, Indian Plum, Indian Cherry* *Hindi: Ber* *Sanskrit: Badri* *Kannada: Elachi, Elache, Echhi, Bor`e (?)* *Tamil: Elanthai Pazham* *Telugu: regu pandu or rekkayalu* * * *Of stolen plums and hard beatings! * * * *It’s been decades since I came across the Indian plum tree. And after I became a member of India tree pix group, I was eager to share pictures of this tree. But, Sadly, like many other trees, this tree has almost vanished from my town for some time now. Very few trees are found even in the nearby villages surrounding my town. Thanks mainly to the tobacco growers and tree cutting contractors for they spare no trees.* * * *Some trees revive forgotten memories of school days. For instance during intervals/after school, we used to get attracted by the ripe (red colored) or even partially ripe (green) fruits sold mostly by old women from villages . These women collect fruits in the morning, spread them on a gunny bag, sitting under a shady tree along the road to schools. Then they sell it to school children after sprinkling on them a mixture of salt and chilly powder. Every one relished this fruit - a mouth watering taste indeed. * *However, rather than spend money to taste these yum berries, it was more fun when we expended our energies to be able to get our hands on them. It proved to be a favourite pastime of ours as well. The backyards of the houses of the road adjoining ours boasted many of these trees. Sundays and other holidays (we had to cut or make a way through the tall and thick milk hedges to reach the plum tree) were spent under this tree, throwing stones or shaking the tree branches and collecting the fallen fruits. Sometimes, the owner of the tree would materialize silently from some place and then try to catch one of us and give a sound thrashing courtesy the branch/twig of a small tree. The stones we threw would sometimes damage the thatched roofs. * * * * * */** *On increasing wood demands tobacco demands* * During my birding & tree sighting trips, I sometime try to know & photograph old and heritage trees. Soon, I find it tough to sight trees and realize there are hardly any trees which are more than 20 years old, other than those found near temples, railway stations, various government premises and exclusive farms. Thanks to the tobacco growers and contractors for they spare no trees. They buy trees from farmers, growing anywhere in the open fields, farms, canal, river edges, schools and even the road side trees. The wood logs are later taken to be burnt in kilns to dry tobacco leaves.* * With international demand for the locally grown tobacco (FCV – Flue cured Virginia, Mysore tobacco) leaves increasing and prices soaring from Rs. 48/kg (year 2006) to Rs 95/- (year 2008) and upto Rs. 150/kg this year, there is less chance for the trees to inhabit the earth. * *It’s a known fact that once tobacco plants are grown in agricultural fields for couple of years, the land loses its ability to grow other crops. * *Sometimes I wonder as if the native trees have lost their rights to completing their full life span thanks again to the meddling of human beings. ) * **/* Date/Time-12 Feb 2009** Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Chandagal Village, Krishnaraja nagar, Mysore district, Karnataka** Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Planted along farm fence of arecanut / Banana/Coconut plantations.** Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tall Tree** Height/Length-Quite tall, Around 50 feet** Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- xx/round, small size** Inflorescence Type/ Size-** Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-No flowers found now, wait till April.* * Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Eatable,tasty, Round, <3cm** Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-Sweet attractive fragrance, many small birds were found singing in this tree.** * * * **http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujube*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujube> * http://www.kamalascorner.com/2008/12/indian-jujube-elanthai-pazham.html* efloraindia database: To be added. 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