Forwarding for ID Distributed as Ehretia cymosa (Lalbagh, Banglore) ? <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/b/boraginaceae/ehretia/ehretia-cymosa> Group discussion at Boraginaceae Week :: Ehretia cymosa, Thonn. <=> Murembu Tree - bangalore - RA (confirm) (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/xSssMH96b2A>
On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 10:05:45 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > 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/daa63bab-856f-40ce-80f2-4c5db197a9c9n%40googlegroups.com.
