Thanks, Taffazul ji, for the details. -- With regards, J. M. Garg On Wed, 19 Oct, 2022, 1:35 pm [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kindly confirm if the plant is *Rubia wallichiana* .It was growing in a > lawn* in *Srinagar .The stem is aciculate and square.The corolla of the > flowers is white and most of the fruits are black and tiny 2-3 mm in dia > though a very few were upto 5 mm in dia. > > Walter R.Lawrence in “The Valley of Kashmir” (1895) Chapter XIII p > 344 writes that till Samvat 1923 ( 1866 A.D.) madder was cultivated in > Kashmir and its roots sold at 8 Annas per Seer (at present rates about > Rs350/Kg.).Rubia wallichiana is even today in use by Monpa people of Tibet > and Arunachal Paradesh > > Yang R et al in their paper published in the *Nature *family Open Access > Journal *Science Reports* write that: > > “ Synthetic dyes not only pollute the environment and damage ecosystems > but can also be harmful to human health..Thus, an “eco-efficiency” concept > has come into existence to bring economic and environmental viability > together.. As a biodegradable and recyclable resource, natural dyes are > gradually beginning to receive more attention*..(** Yang, R., Zhang, Y., > Ranjitkar, S. et al. Reusing wasteroot of Rubia wallichiana dyeing from > Monpa of Tibet in China.* *Sci Rep* *11*, 14331 (2021). > https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93848-8 *)* > > Cultivation of *Rubia wallichiana* can be promoted as a sunrise industry > in Kashmir. > > > > -- > 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/5a327517-6b8c-4367-a9a6-1c944a9278fan%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5a327517-6b8c-4367-a9a6-1c944a9278fan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CA%2BiuSFDRGFC2pPMfFUT%2B5mif6MkFmMVT3TSTXvqT2sQxxc19UA%40mail.gmail.com.
