Yes, Prof. Singh ji,
it struck me, when I read the subject line about your postings of Kashmir Flora.
Do these plants have indian names?
Regards
Nalini
----- Original Message -----
From: Gurcharan Singh
To: tanay bose
Cc: Pankaj Oudhia ; efloraofindia
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:42360] Re: Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis
Dear friends
It feels good to read interesting discussion with useful feedback from
experts from different fields. Nalini ji, the Flora of Kashmir has so many
common elements with Europe, and when in Kashmir I would use Book on British
Flora, Flora Europaea and Flora of British Isles commonly for identification.
Pankaj ji, it feels so refreshing to read your useful information about plant
healers.
I saw this plant in Kashmir so many times, little knowing that it will
generate so much interest on the group. Thanks everybody.
--
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/
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:05 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote:
Nice catch of the plant sir ji !!!
Tanay
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>
wrote:
Let me continue the interesting discussion.
In wheat fields in India, Anagallis grows with Chenopodium, Melilotus and
Sphaeranthus. As fish poison, the use of Sphaeranthus is preferred. In order to
increase its performance Anagallis, collected before flowering, is added. To
make it more strong remaining two species are added.
Anagallis is toxic plant. In order to nullify its harmful effects it is
used with Chenopodium. The harmful effects of Melilotus commonly known as Senji
is nullified by Sphaeranthus. All these species are used with Wheat grass in
different combinations.
The presence of these fives in wheat fields have special purpose. Mother
Nature arranged it for welfare of humanbeings. The greedy humanbeings see only
wheat as crop and destroy other gifts as weed and in this way loose the golden
oppurtuniy to get benefit from it.
regards
Pankaj Oudhia
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:35 PM, nabha meghani <[email protected]>
wrote:
Thank you Gurcharan ji,
for sharing these beautiful fotos.
These flowers are quite common here and I don't take notice of them.
After watching your fotos I think I must always carry my fotoapparat with me,
whenever I go out, even to the grocer for shopping.
Ther germanname of the plant is Gaukheil (heeling mentalproblems) and
was used to treat melancholie. Wetterkraut (weatherindicator) or Nebelpflanze
(fogplant) are other names.
I read in my book that in india the plant is used by fishers to catch
fish because it is light toxic.
Regards
Nalini
----- Original Message -----
From: Gurcharan Singh
To: Tabish
Cc: efloraofindia
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:42340] Re: Anagallis arvensis ssp.
arvensis
Thanks Prashant ji, Tabish ji and Pankaj ji for encouraging comments.
--
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/
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote:
The Blue Pimpernel and the Scarlet Pimpernel both are often called
shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock because the flowers
close
before sunset or if it is about to rain. These brightly colored
flowers appear as bright dots in the field, which dramatically
"disappear" when the flowers close, if the sky is overcast or the
sun
is about to set. Closed flowers are quite hard to notice because of
their dull color.
- Tabish
On Jul 26, 12:17 pm, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nice pictures Gurcharan ji. Not sure about the medicinal
properties of this
> type as blue flowered Anagallis is very common in crop fields
specially in
> winter season crops in my region. Anagallis is known as Poor
man's (or
> farmer's) weather clock as its flowers close before bad weather.
Again I am
> not sure whether your Anagallis is also having same property or
not?
>
> While walk in forest when we get injury from Tribulus or
Asteracantha spines
> the Healers use local herbs whereas I prefer use of Anagallis as
> Homoeo-drug. It acts in miraculous way.
>
> Anagallis arvensis possess benefical Allelopathic properties. I
tried it on
> different medicinal and aromatic crops, at first in lab and then
in fields,
> and now my farmers are using it.
>
> Accprding to weed researchers it is a curse but for the farmers
aware of its
> healing properties it is boon. This is the reason in general they
ignore
> research recommnedations specially in the field of weed
management.
>
> regards
>
> Pankaj Oudhia
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh
<[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Have seen a lot of blue flowered Anagallis (Anagallis arvensis
ssp.
> > foemina) in Delhi, usually growing at altitudes below 1500 m or
so, but was
> > lucky to find both subspecies in Kashmir. This one is A.
arvensis ssp.
> > arvensis with orange-red flowers fairly common in Kashmir in
the valley
> > (1600 m and above), photographed in June 26, 2010 from Srinagar.
> > --
> > 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/>
--
Tanay Bose
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