Jatropha curcas seems a very likely candidate- and it has been planted on large scale in many places- though I don't know if in areas of the report. Thanks a lot. But I would still want to know the actual plant of Ranbijore which might be an innocent victim of this report! regards aparna
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 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/ >> >> >> 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/ >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > 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]. >>>> >> 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]. >>>> > 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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