seems to be as Citrus sps On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Aparna Watve <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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]<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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