Would like to add this additional information which may be of interest to members: A villager from a remote village of Kashmir informs me that its Kashmiri name is "Phoorish". He also told me that in olden times it was used as an abortifacient. This is important as the roots of a closely related variety Rubia cordifolia var munjista are widely advertised and sold online as an Ayurvedic tonic called Manjsitha. I think this should be avoided by women of child bearing age unless it is proven safe by further research
On Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 12:20:53 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > Thanks, Taffazull ji > > > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > On Sun, 23 Oct, 2022, 10:58 am [email protected], <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Am posting another photo of red roots and orange buds characteristic of >> this plant in autumn. In spring the buds will elongate very rapidly and >> the climbing stems completely enfold any adjacent supporting structure like >> a fence or a rose bush. For this reason gardeners consider it a >> troublesome weed. It is striking that though madder was cultivated in >> Kashmir till 1866 A.D. in places like Pampore- famous for its saffron- >> today its use is completely forgotten and as far as my enquiries go people >> here do not even have a Kashmiri name for this plant. >> >> On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 1:35:49 PM UTC+5:30 [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/1d2367e8-0553-4d47-9a8c-03f9e68dfb79n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/1d2367e8-0553-4d47-9a8c-03f9e68dfb79n%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/c5eada5e-5168-4696-840d-bf80a5723a25n%40googlegroups.com.
