Rashida ji Hearing about this plant for the first time. Here are some details I fished out
Carvia callosa (Nees) Bremek. (syn: Strobilanthus callosus Nees) Mar: Karvi, Karoi Guj: Pandadi Timber used for ship building. Kernels possess almons-like odour and yield a fatty oil which is edible. -- 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 Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > The Carvia callosa -Karvis had mass bloomed in the year 2008 in the forest > of Mumbai and now every monsoon we see the plants getting hydrated and > coming up to disappear again. What is unusual is the spittle bug seen near > the new leaves on several of these plants today at the southern end of the > national park in Mumbai. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froghopper > > > regards, > Rashida. >
