Dear All,
thanks. The paper http://www.currentscience.ac.
in/Volumes/100/09/1277.pdf , more or less settles the issue that this
root is not *Maerua oblongifolia *but an agave. Search for 'rama kandmool'
gives several images/videos of the root/stem. It would be good to video
record the processing of agave, but perhaps it is difficult to persuade
these vendors to oblige.
Thanks once again.
Rajarama Bhat.
On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 4:12 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Bhuktar and Mahadeswara ji
>
> On Mon 28 May, 2018, 1:00 PM M Swamy, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Sir, Thanks. I think you are referring to the paper at the link
>> provided. http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/100/09/1277.pdf
>>
>> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 10:30 AM, Anil Bhuktar <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Sir,
>>> I am not saying by my own it is observed by reading DNA fingerprint
>>> paper published by
>>> dept.of botany Shivaji University Kolhapur.
>>> The root of Agave known as 'Ramkand'.
>>>
>>> *Dr. Anil S. Bhuktar,*
>>> Professor & Head,
>>> Department of Botany,
>>> Vivekanand Arts Sardar Dalipsingh Commerce & Science College,
>>> SamarthNagar, Aurangabad,
>>> Maharashtra, India.
>>> Mob: 9423150037
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 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:
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