In Chhotanagpur this is supposed to be highly medicinal. Oil from seeds are used against Rheumatic pains and numerous other disorders.
Pankaj On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > Affirmative.This is Jyotismati [Celastrus paniculatus]. Please check the > archives of this group for my previous photographs of this. Am sending a few > photographs taken at my farm on the 10th of October showing Jyotismati > fruiting and Spatholobus parviflora / Butea parviflora [Palas-vel] coming > into buds. Flowering of Palas-vel is currently in full spate. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Tue, 10/26/10, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Vijayasankar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:51967] liana > To: "Smita Raskar" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>, "Selvalakshmi Selvaraj" < > [email protected]>, "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 10:23 PM > > > Celastrus paniculatus, for sure. Nice pictures Selvalakshmi ji! > > Regards > > Vijayasankar > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Smita Raskar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Yes i also feel same Celastrus paniculatus > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > It should be Celastrus paniculatus I assume.... > Pankaj > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > id for the the liana. is it celastraceae member? > > -- > > Selvalakshmi S. > > Doctoral Scholar, > > Bharathiar University, > > Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 > > > > > -- > Smita raskar > M. Sc. (Botany) > 308 Disha Residency, > Salaiwada,Sawantwadi > Phone (02363) 274153 > Mob.9422379568 > > > > -- *********************************************** "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

