Thanks a lot, Bhat ji. On 3 June 2018 at 09:46, R. Bhat <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear All, > thanks. The paper http://www.currentscience.ac.i > n/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: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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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