Thank you Pankaj for all the first hand info. I did not know of all the details. ak
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > Agreed Anand ji. > > Ipomoea carnea was introduced for green manuring in paddy fields. Senior > farmer of Chhattisgarh Shri D.D.Verma still remembers that how with police > band this exotic species was brought in Raipur from Bhopal in special truck. > Ipomoea may be a promising solution for irrgated rice but in rainfed > condition it spreads in farmer's field as weed and it is next to impossible > to remove it. > > Living with this species natives have started developing its uses. It is > used as Fuelwood but its fumes are curse for eyes and lungs. Farmers are > using it as fence. Our Blister beetles have started consuming its flowers. > These beetles are very toxic. When cattle feed on Ipomoea accidentally they > die within no time. It is reported that in west, one blister beetle, present > in alfalfa used as fodder, can kill full grown horse if ingested with the > fodder. > > Ipomoea carnea harbours green snake which is locally known as Beshram Domi > in Chhattisgarh. This snake attacks on cattle if Ipomoea is disturbed. The > Traditional snake experts claim that this snake was not present before > introduction of Ipomoea. Hmmmm!!! it seems that Ipomoea reached with special > scheme i.e. Ek ke saath ek free. > > Our Tortoise Beetle tired of feeding on Ipomoea batatas got new species in > form of Ipomoea carnea. Now they prefer this exotic species as comapred to > batatas. I tried to use these beetles to manage Ipomoea but failed. Atleast > 20 native species of insects started liking Ipomoea carnea. > > As it grows shamelessly everywhere thats why it is known as Beshram, When > anyone says "BESHRAM" I remeber the song of Kamal Hasan's film Ek Dooje ke > Liye. Beshram and next line of song is Satyam Shivam Sundram. > > Parthenium is also present everywhere even more shamelessly than Ipomoea > but in Mandla region due to its omnipresence it got new name as Ram Phool > and Bhagvan Ram is present everywhewre (But definately not like Parthenium) > > > > Traditional Healers are now using it in tens of formulations. It is > popularly used as medicine for Vitiligo i.e. Leucoderma. I am using its > extracts and leachate to manage pest in organic farming and also promote > crop growth. > > Parthenium reached with wheat through PL-480 plan but now we are under > international pressure to deny this historical fact and write that > Parthenium was present in India even before inroduction of PL-480. We > received Parthenium as problem and now most of the chemcials to manage > Parthenium are coming from the country of its origin. It is old Saying > "Pahale dard diyaa aur fir dawa kee." > > Few days back Gurcharanji and Balkar ji were discussing new introduced > species of Heliotropium. I am eager to know about its path of introudction. > > Sorry if Oudipedia has taken much of your time. :) > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Anand Kumar Bhatt <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I dont know how it happened that all the exotic plants which we brought to >> India with great enthusiasm and high hopes were proved to be invasive or >> injurious in some other way. Let us reel off the names: water hyacinth which >> was brought by an English lady for the beautiful flowers, ipomea which was >> supposed to solve the fodder and firewood problem in the villages, >> eucalyptus which was thought to be an excellent tree for forest plantation, >> subabool and now acacia auriculiformis which was thought to be a useful >> plant for covering degraded forest area as it is non-browsable. I am not >> mentioning lantana and parthenium. >> The moral of the story is that one should go for native plants, not >> search for exotic plants to be imported for large scale plantation. >> Another plant which is being propagated by a reputed religious >> organisation is Simarouba glauca. Well one has to wait for a few years to >> see how useful and harmless the tree is. >> ak >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Acacia auriculiformis to be precise..... >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Hi >>> > sharing a pic of the Phyllode Acacia (Acacia auriculoformis)...an >>> invasive >>> > species from Australia. >>> > Pic taken at Narendrapur. >>> > >>> > this plant now grows in profusion in many parts of Bankura and Puruliya >>> > districts of West Bengal...the red soil is ideal for its growth...but >>> it >>> > doesnt allow other plants to grow...and its outcompeting other trees in >>> the >>> > area. >>> > >>> > i was shocked to see that there were no other trees in Mukutmanipur- a >>> nice >>> > tourist spot near Bankura. >>> > >>> > >>> > Shantanu :) >>> > >>> > >>> > Shantanu Bhattacharya. >>> > B.Sc, M.Sc (Zoology) >>> > University of Calcutta. >>> > Teaching Faculty. >>> > Dept. of Biology. >>> > Vivekananda Mission School(ICSE). >>> > Joka. Kolkata. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *********************************************** >>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>> >>> >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>> Research Associate >>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>> Department of Habitat Ecology >>> Wildlife Institute of India >>> Post Box # 18 >>> Dehradun - 248001, India >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Anand Kumar Bhatt >> A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road >> Gwalior. 474 005. >> Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. >> My blogsite is at: >> http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com >> (A NEW BLOG HAS BEEN ADDED ON 3 SEPT 2010.) >> And the photo site: >> www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, >> Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! >> > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com (A NEW BLOG HAS BEEN ADDED ON 3 SEPT 2010.) And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers!
