On Mon 28 May, 2018, 8:50 AM Mahadeswara, <[email protected]> wrote:
> The best option to confirm the species is to contact the the vendor > (seller) and find out the place where from he collected, locate the plant > and then identify. > Dr.Mahadeswara Swamy > > On Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 11:07:09 AM UTC+5:30, R. Bhat wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> thank you for the information. If this root/stem is Agave >> and not *Maerua oblongifolia* can one identify as to which species of >> Agave it is? >> Further, shouldn't one be making corrections in Eflora website, Wikipedia >> etc., where it is identified as *Maerua oblongifolia.* >> Best, >> >> Rajarama Bhat. >> >> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 6:47 PM, Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes it is agave root only, it will be burnt in the fire, cleaned, >>> usually sugar or saccharine solution is added to the fibrous starchy tuber >>> in order to get sweet taste.Even in Chennai market it is being sold. >>> >>> *Thanks ®ards* >>> *Dr. Santhan P* >>> >>> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:00 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >>>> >>>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>>> I think it's Agave root >>>> *Dr. Anil S. Bhuktar* >>>> >>>> Thank you. I suppose this is only a guess. Some of these roots are 4-5 >>>> feet long. I have never seen any Agave with that kind of thick and >>>> long root/stem. >>>> Best, >>>> Rajarama Bhat. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: R. Bhat <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 13 May 2018 at 16:42 >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:294937] Is this really Maerua oblongifolia ? >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear All >>>> there is a certain large root which gets sold sometimes in >>>> Indian streets >>>> which goes under the name `bhoo chakra (or sakre ) gadde ' in Kannada >>>> and Telugu and most websites identify it as root of Maerua oblongifolia >>>> (of Capparaceae family). For images and description of this root please >>>> see: >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maerua_oblongifolia >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6iMSqx_eYg >>>> >>>> Even Elfora website gives the same info: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/c/capparaceae/capparis/maerua-oblongifolia >>>> >>>> Is this true? Does this arid region plant grow to have such large >>>> roots? I contacted some experts, >>>> but received conflicting opinion. Some like Prof. Pullaiah, whose book >>>> is quoted in Eflora website think that this is root is of ipomoea >>>> mauritiana with common name `giant potato'. See: >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_mauritiana >>>> >>>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Giant%20Potato.html >>>> >>>> Can somebody please confirm as to what is the correct identification of >>>> this root. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Rajarama Bhat. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> root of: >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>> >>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>>> >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in >>>> the world- around 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or >>>> Efloraofindia >>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images). >>>> >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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