Oh yes there is no timber! The plant is known for good honey, food plant of oakleaf butterfly.
regards, Rashida. On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Gurcharan ji ... there seems to be inadvertent mention of timber in context > of Karvi plant (*Carvia callosa*). > Regards. > > > > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> >> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> >
