Or maybe cordifolia ?? Thank you. Saroj Kasaju
On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 11:16 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/ab5dc318-755e-476d-b302-8af0900b05ddn%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/CAEf%3DytRX_VOarA%2BhRgk-u6dE4fGPciO%2BdPWAJe0_o1pEcHunuQ%40mail.gmail.com.
