Nice and informative dicussion sorry i missed it tanay On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 10:25 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all > > I have taken some photos of the flowers during its mass flowering in 2008 > at Yewoor forest, Thane. I am sending the same. Each year the plant comes > alive with the advent of Monsoon,and once the rains are over, what is left > behind is dry and dead-looking stems.This pattern repeats itself for seven > years. In the eighth year, the plant explodes into mass flowering. The > dried stem is used by the tribals to make the tatched wall and roofs of > their houses. The sticks are covered with gobar and dried to make the > tatched wall. I have seen many tribal houses with walls made with carvy > stems at Rajmachi. > > Regards, > > Mani Nair. > > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yes Dinesh ji >> Sorry, I copied information for the next plant Caryocar nuciferum >> (Butter-nut, Souri-nut). >> The common names, however, pertained to Carvia only. Here is the intended >> information: >> >> Bark emollient; flowers vulnerary. Source of lime pulps for cheap wrapping >> papers. Good source of honey. >> >> >> -- >> 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 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/ >>>> >>>> >>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
