good was that seed eating when the fruit was brown and fibre fluff was flying around or was it when it was green?
lets keep compiling and may be you can a collection, your pictures are superb, good for a book or two. or three.... usha di On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 9:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Ushadi as always. I have made note of these uses and hope to put > all this information together in one place someday. > > I asked a local lady this morning and she said that she used to eat the > seeds contained inside the fruit as a child (along with other children) and > said that the seeds were sweet tasting. That was something new. I asked her > a few more questions to verify if she knew Semal and she gave all the > correct details. I will ask more people in the lower town and see if they > have had a similar experience. > > Thanks and regards, > Ashwini > > On 10-Jan-2016, at 10:25 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > > awesome > i love the first picture seems to be from some other time other dreamy time > looks old world// old time as if from some 50 to 70 year ago... > > > > seemul silk/cotton is used by villagers in bengal and biihar > make religious diya/ghee lamp wicks. sometimes (often near Diwali time) > and holi time they come to the cities to sell them, i buy them often, love > them. > > sheemul tulo ie silk cotton is prized for pillows in bengal > and this is now without seeds, but in the decades leading upto 7os the > silk cotton > used to have the seeds with the threads and that prevented matting, useful > then f > or baby's pillows, to easily change shape > in many countries its used for stuffing water bouys and life saving vests. > > sheemul seed oil is important in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, need to > search for exact details. > > > and the spines on the trunk is used instead of chandan to make pralep > for various skin conditions by bengali kaviraj (vaidya). > > > usha di > > > > > . > > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 8:51 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Our Semal trees (locally *simbal*) are in flower attracting not only >> kites who nest and mate on these trees but also other birds. I saw a >> parakeet, a Rufous Tree Pie and a couple of mynahs on the tree dipping >> their beaks into the flowers within a couple of minutes I spent >> photographing the tree. I am not sure what parts of the flowers/buds they >> eat but they seem to like it. >> >> There are several trees on road verges in the lower Dharamshala town and >> they look stately with their tall trunks and spread branches. I read >> somewhere that because they are tall they are a preferred roosting place >> for large birds such as vultures which are sadly in serious decline. And >> since vultures are considered harbingers of bad-luck, people do not plant >> semal near homes. >> >> The wood from semal makes poor timber and locals occasionally use it in >> planking (and in manufacturing matchsticks elsewhere). Surprisingly, people >> do not exploit the commercial value of the cotton obtained from the tree >> here. But perhaps that’s not such a bad thing for the tree. >> >> Here are some photographs from today and one of the flower bud from a >> couple of days back. >> >> *Bombax ceiba—Silk-cotton Tree, Semal, Simbal* >> Dharamshala, HP >> 1400m approx. >> 10 January 2016 >> >> Thanks. >> Ashwini >> >> <_MG_7615_10Jan2016.jpg><_MG_7665_10Jan2016.jpg> >> <_MG_7646_10Jan2016.jpg> >> <_MG_7636_10Jan2016.jpg> >> <IMG_5542_05Jan2016.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
