Thanks Garg ji but is it validated as Rubia wallichiana ? with regards taffazul
On Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 9:53:09 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > 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/ab5dc318-755e-476d-b302-8af0900b05ddn%40googlegroups.com.
