Dear Gurcharan ji and Vijayasankar ji, This plant is indeed *Glycyrrhiza glabra* in Bengali we call it "*Jasthi Madhu" . *I know this plant because in our college researches on plant tissue culture are conducted over this plant .All over the world researchers are trying to use it's extract as a substitute for sugar for diabetic patients. Regards Tanay
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:59 PM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Looks like *Glycyrrhiza glabra *(Fabaceae), popularly known as 'Licorice', > an important medicinal plant cultivated in our country. > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 210410GS1 possibly Indigofera species for ID >> >> Tall up to 1.5 m tall rigid herb, partially shrubby, leaves pinnate with >> up to 15 leaflets, purplish flowers in racemes, photographed on 20-4-2010 >> from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi, 213 m asl. >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired 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/ >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > National Center for Natural Products Research, > The University of Mississippi, > Oxford, MS-38677, USA. > > -- > 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. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- 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.

