Dear Usha di and Vijayasankar ji, Thanks to you too for additional info. Aarti
On May 6, 5:36 am, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Gurtucharanji: > Yes there are white varieties... I have seen photoged and collected > white seeds of these... as curiosity in a hot house in NY, and at a > students learning garden of an Ayruvedic college in India... local > village gardeners said its used for doing magic... they seemed to be > all afraid of the seeds.... > > Usha di > > == > > On May 5, 6:20 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes just found out even white variety is poisonous > > >http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15987020 > > > <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15987020> > > -- > > 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 Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Muthu ji > > > In spite of being highly poisonous the seeds had been used for weights > > > (Rati), and also for making rosaries. The seeds are not dangerous as long > > > as > > > the hard seedcoat is intact, but especially when they are drilled to be > > > used > > > in rosaries they are highly dangerous and can be fatal if ingested. > > > > -- > > > 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/ > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Also I have seen green (with white) seeds of this. Is mutation > > >> responsible > > >> for this production of varied colored seeds or any cross-over? I never > > >> knew > > >> this plant is poisonous. > > > >> In Tamil, it is called 'Pilliyar kannu' which transliterates into 'Eye of > > >> L.Ganesha'; used for pressing eyes in clay idols. > > > >> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Gurcharan Singh > > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >>> Nice to know that this plant also produces white seeds. Are they equally > > >>> poisonous. > > > >>> -- > > >>> 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/ > > > >>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:09 PM, prasad dash > > >>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >>>> *Abrus precatorius* (white seeded) > > > >>>> Regards > > > >>>> prasad > > > >>>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Aarti S. Khale > > >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >>>>> Taken at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai, Maharashtra. > > >>>>> Flowers photographed on 20th Dec,2007, pods on 9th April,2011. > > >>>>> The leaves are edible, used in Supari mixture. > > >>>>> The seeds are white...unlike the other two which are red. > > >>>>> Flowers are also white in color. > > >>>>> Aarti > > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Prasad Kumar Dash > > >>>> Ecologist, Orissa, India > > >>>> email: [email protected] > > >>>> ph. 09437444241 > > > >> -- > > >> Muthu Karthick, N > > >> Care Earth Trust > > >> #15, second main road, > > >> Thillai ganga nagar, > > >> Chennai - 600 061 > > >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > > >>www.careearthtrust.org- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
