Nice to see this plant. This has been identified for the first time in TN at IIT-M, Chennai campus on Apr 2008 and been published in '200+ Plants of IIT-M' by Dr. Ranjit et. al.
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 9:47 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Both tubers and leaves of this plant are edible and the tubers have > medicinal value. > > Kushal Mookherjee > > On 9 October 2010 01:27, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nice catch Ratna Di, >> I think this is not eaten in Bengal >> Tanay >> >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Ratna Ghosh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Scientific Name: *Typhonium trilobatum >>> *Common Name(Beng): Ghetkachu, Kharkon >>> Family: *Araceae >>> *Flowering: June-October >>> Location: BGarden, Sibpur,WBengal >>> >>> Ratna Ghosh >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Tanay Bose* >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >> Department of Botany. >> University of British Columbia . >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> [email protected] >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1400 members & > 49,500 messages on 5/10/10 & with a database of around 4050 species on > 21/8/10) > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust Chennai - 61 www.careearthtrust.org
