You are on dot, Nayan ji It is clearly Phytolacca acinosa
-- 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 Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Nayan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks a lot Gurcharan Singh ji for posting this plant. It helped me in ID > of my pix taken recently during my visit of higher Himalaya in Uttarakhand. > I am attaching my pics, I think ID is correct. > thanks again > Nayan. > > N.S.Dungriyal IFS > Chief Conservator of Forests > and Field Director > Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad > M.P. > 09424792100 > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* tanay bose <[email protected]> > *To:* Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > *Cc:* efloraofindia <[email protected]>; Flowers of India < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Wed, 18 August, 2010 9:56:27 AM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:44680] Phytolacca acinosa from Kashmir > > Really nice close up Sir ji > tanay > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Phytolacca acinosa from Kashmir, common at altitudes above 2000 m in >> grazed areas, roadsides. Photographed from Pahalgam on June 20, 2010. >> >> Common names: >> English:India pokeweed, Indian poke, Sweet belladona >> Chinese: Shaug lu >> Hindi: Matazor, Sarangum >> Kashmir: Lubar sag >> Punjab: Lubar, Rinsag >> Kamaon: Jarak, Jirrag >> Assam: Jaiong >> >> Young leaves and twigs cooked as vegetable, but should be carefully used >> as plant can be easily mistaken with Atropa belladona whose consumption can >> causeserious food poisoning (plants of Phytolacca are taller with larger and >> broader leaves; inflorescence totally different; narcotic, but effect >> destroyed on boiling; roots and leaves are often mixed in consignments of >> Atropa accidently/unknowingly or purposely. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > Department of Botany > University of British Columbia > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 > > >
