As Pankaj ji rightly pointed there have been many instances of poisoning in children consuming seeds of Jatropha. Documented reports are presented by Kulkarni 2005 (Twenty children of a school were admitted to pediatric emergency ward of Chigateri Hospital, Davangere on December 1, 2003), Menezes 2006 (two in India), Horiuchi et al. 1994 (in Hawaii), etc. It has so many english names: Barbados nut, Black vomit nut, Curcas bean, Kukui haole, Physic nut, Purge nut, Purgeerboontjie and Purging nut tree. There are also several Indian regional names: Sans: kananaeranda, parvataranda. Hindi: jangliarandi, safedarand. Beng: Bagbherende, erandagchh. Mar: mogalierende, ranayerandi. GuJ: jamalgota, ratanjota. Tel: nepalamu, peddanepalamu, adaviamidamu. Tam: kadalamanakku, kattamanakku. Kan: adaluharalu, bettadaharalu, maraharalu, karnocchi. Mal: kattavanakka, kadalavanakka. Orissa: jhazigaba. Assam: Bongalibhotara. Garo hills: borbandong.
Ranbijore still remains elusive. Let us try more sources. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Aparna please check Jatropha curcas poisoning also as newspapers are > reporting accidental consumption of poisonous Jatropha in different parts of > India these days and thousands of children are reaching to hospital. > > As Jatropha is exotic species natives are naming it as per their > experimence with it. Just check it. > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Aparna Watve <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The report was published by "Hitavada" in its supplement MPLine >> (Jabalpur, 18th Feb). >> It happened at village Bijholi (Rewa dt.) and the children were taken >> to Sanjay Gandhi hospital at Rewa when their condition became >> critical. they were then said to be stable after treatment in ICU. Six >> children ages ranging from 2-10yrs ate the fruit (as per the report, >> but dont know if seed was included) in the morning and were vomitting >> by 10am. It seems many similar incidences have occurred in the past. >> Checking on Citrus, six species are reported in MP flora by BSI. C. >> aurantifolia, C. limenttoides, C. medica. C. limona, C. aurantium, C. >> maxima.- all have edible fruits, widely used locally. >> Checking Cucurbitaceae, MP flora reports quite a few species, but most >> have edible and locally used fruits. The report also states that its a >> tree, but it could be wrong reporting. >> Ranbijore- by name could mean wild species of bijore (interpreting Ran >> as wild/jungle) but I doubt if there is any poisonous Citrus around MP >> or anywhere. Maybe the children identified it wrongly as Ranbijore but >> the plant was something totally else with similar looking but >> poisonous fruits. The mystery remains. I tried to check for other >> families which may have poisonous fruits, but I cant find any in the >> MP flora. >> Aparna >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Shrikant ji >> > You seem to be close enough. Bijori in Kanad is Citrus limon, where as >> > Bijaura in Hindi and Bijoru in Gujarat refer to C. medica. >> > >> > -- >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:23 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Aparna, >> >> >> >> I recently relished pickle made of Bijora in Bhuj. It seemed a large >> >> Cucurbitaceae fruit if this is any clue. Regards, Shrikant >> >> Ingalhalikar >> >> >> >> On Feb 20, 5:18 pm, Aparna Watve <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Dear All, >> >> > Has anyone of you come across a plant called "Ranbijore" in central >> >> > India? >> >> > Two days back, a newspaper in Seoni reported severe poisoning of 6 >> >> > children in a village due to eating fruit of Ranbijore. It seems this >> >> > has happened frequently in the past. But the paper does not give any >> >> > clue abt the plant. None of the MP floras report this vernacular >> name. >> >> > I guess it is a wild plant or introduced in village gardens or >> >> > agriculture, and probably a shrub or a tree. >> >> > Thanks in advance. >> >> > Aparna >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Dr. Aparna Watve >> >> > Dr. Aparna Watve >> >> > Asha Appt, Shanti Nagar, Ekata Colony >> >> > Nr. 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