PS: The plant I pointed out emits a vapour which can be ignited with a burning match, which is different from a match spontaneously catching fire. But the phenomenon is not so far fetched. Tabish
On Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 6:26:04 PM UTC+5:30 Tabish wrote: > The video may not be fake. There is another plant which has similar > properties. See this link for details: > > http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=286761 > To quote from the site > "Another common name for this plant is gas plant. In hot weather, old > flowers or seed pods emit a flammable oil which, on a windless summer > evening, can be ignited with a match resulting in a brief vapor burn which > is harmless to the plant, hence the common name." > Tabish > > On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 9:33:21 AM UTC+5:30 nadeem waqif wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> a strange request out of curiosity. someone forwarded me this video >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTzrXtXejb4 >> >> which shows a rather dangerous tree whose white fruits spontaneously >> light up match sticks. they mention the local name as Pandava Patti, which >> has been identified as Callicarpa tomentosa, but the tree in the video is >> clearly not C. tomentosa. >> >> The location alluded to in the video is Chandrapur which might refer to >> the forests of east Maharashtra tho the uploader of the video is in Mizoram. >> >> The video does seem genuine and not a stunt, hence i dared to link it on >> this group as a enquiry. >> >> best regards >> > -- 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/aacdc06b-f4af-4723-882a-3e653ac035c9n%40googlegroups.com.
