Dear All: Dr. Singh's pictures are Cissus quadrangularis...I agree... this plant is called HAAD-JODA in Bengali.. Ethnobotanical use: its described as being helpful as poultice in cases of sprain and other bone injury including fractures... esp if applied soon after injury and may also be taken internally as tea... rich in silicon and calcium among others... Roots very easily and grows profusely in Kolkata's humid weather in summer and monsoon. Usha Desai MD
On Mar 11, 7:01 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Sending my photographs of Cissus quadrangularis for comparison. Kindly note > the tendrils and constricted nodes (we we want to ignore stem angles and > wings). > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cissus quadriangularis is supposed to have succulent stems, constricted > > nodes and simple tendrils, which I don't see in above plant. Perhaps this > > paper should help > > >http://www.springerlink.com/content/5576p5p27102107l/ > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > <http://www.springerlink.com/content/5576p5p27102107l/> > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Pankaj Kumar > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> The leaf here does look like Cissus quadrangularis L. > >> and google search does say that flat stem, round stem and quadrangular > >> stem variants area available, though I have seen just the quadrangular > >> one which we have in our garden. This also never flowers and supposed > >> to be highly medicinal. > >> Pankaj > > >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Dear Vijaysankar-ji, > >> > How should confirmation be obtained? Do I have to wait and see how it > >> > grows? > >> > On closer inspection, I find that the cross-section is cylindrical and > >> > almost square in parts with one section having a fluted side. > >> > I find no resmblance to Neil's pics of C. repanda. > >> > On the downside, I am mortified to think that I paid good money for a > >> > Cissus quadrangularis, > >> > which I could have got from any wild place! > >> > Thanks for all the suggestions, Gurucharan-ji, Satish-ji, Neil-ji and > >> > Tanay-ji. > >> > Regards, > >> > Padmini Raghavan. > > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "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 > > > > Cissus-quadrangularis-Herbal-gdn-Delhi-1.jpg > 306KViewDownload > > Cissus-quadrangularis-Herbal-gdn-Delhi-2.jpg > 300KViewDownload
