On Wed, 30 Dec 2020 at 12:33, Saroj Kumar Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote:
> I guess ID is matching . FoI > <https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiVkdK2kfXtAhUs4zgGHQIHAXkQFjAAegQIBBAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FMurembu%2520Tree.html&usg=AOvVaw3l3c4iVe4iKg9b947VaU1-> > Thank you > Saroj Kasaju > > On Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 1:06:20 PM UTC+5:45 JM Garg wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: raman <[email protected]> >> Date: 4 June 2012 21:33 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:118539] Boraginaceae Week :: Ehretia cymosa, >> Thonn. <=> Murembu Tree - bangalore - RA (confirm) >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> A shrub or tree to 7 m high, of savanna and secondary jungle, recorded >> from Sierra Leone to N and S Nigeria. A variable species with two >> varieties, var. cymosa and var. zenkeri (Gur΅ke) Brenan, recognized in the >> Region, the former extending to Uganda, the latter to E Cameroun and S. >> Tome. Other varieties occur in tropical Africa outside the Region.The wood >> is described as perishable. It is however used in Zaïre (14) and in Kenya >> (8) to make handles for tools, and in Ethiopia yokes (7). The stems are >> sometimes used in Ghana as chewsticks (12, 13).Animals are said to browse >> the foliage in Sudan (2, 3), but in the Makuyuni District the leaves are >> held to be toxic (9). The leaves are commonly used in the Yoruba agbo >> infusion given in draught and used as a wash for fever, children’s >> convulsions, etc. Sap from the fresh leaves is a mild laxative for children >> (5, 11–13). The plant (probably the leaves) is used in Gabon as a >> laxative and a febrifuge (15). The leaf, usually after pounding with that >> of Newbouldia laevis (Bignoniaceae) and a guinea pepper, is tied on the >> head for headache (5).The root, like the leaves, is considered toxic in >> Makuyuni District of Tanganyika (9, 10) but no application is ascribed to >> it. A decoction of the roots and leaves is taken in Ghana for infantile >> tetanus (5, 13), and for dysentery (Field fide 13).In Ivory Coast a >> bark-decoction is taken for amenorrhoea, and the decoction when left to >> cool separates to a supernatant layer of oil which is applied to >> skin-affections (4).The fruit is edible (3, 13) and is used in Ghana as >> bait for trapping birds (5, 13).A trace of alkaloid has been detected in >> the plant (? leaves) (1). >> >> Raman >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* >> & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1870 members & >> 1,18,000 messages on 31/5/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> -- > 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 view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e680cfbd-ac25-401a-9fa1-8b5d70d676b2n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e680cfbd-ac25-401a-9fa1-8b5d70d676b2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFD4ukrNDNWtZW%2BN5feZJU5Vzuhu6giA75-OAGPTHrZKZQ%40mail.gmail.com.
