Dear Gurucharan ji, These are some recent references.
http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=interactiveTableView&itableId=2482 http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=interactiveTableView&itableId=71007 Please search "Jatropha children" in google you will find thousands of new cases. Here is link http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=jatropha+children&aq=0p&aqi=g-p2g8&oq=Jatropha+&fp=d95f0d161f018361 Many years back I wrote a warning article when Jatropha plantation was in planning phase. The planners ignored it and disastrous results are in front of us. *Who will protect our children from Jatropha<http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=1297>poisoning? *by Pankaj Oudhia http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=earticleView&earticleId=847&page=-2 Pankaj Oudhia On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > 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. BSNL tower, Akbar Ward, >>> >> > Seoni.480661 >>> >> > tel: 07692-228115 >>> >> > mobile: (0)9755667710 and 9822597288 still works >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> >> "efloraofindia" 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 >>> > "efloraofindia" 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. >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Aparna Watve >>> Dr. Aparna Watve >>> Asha Appt, Shanti Nagar, Ekata Colony >>> Nr. 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