Note: With out proper salt treatment, the tongue will react and swell, which is a very painful experience.
With Regards, R Narayan On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Narayan R <[email protected]> wrote: > Better Photo will help. > > This seems like *Pirendai common name in Tamil. * > * > With proper salt treatment this can cooked and eaten well. > > > With Regards, > R Narayan > > > * > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:04 PM, ajinkya gadave > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> *Cissus quadrangularis* >> >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 5:55 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> “*I suppose Cissus repens* >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh” >>> >>> >>> >>> “*I would like to correct Cissus repanda* .” from Chile ji. >>> >>> >>> >>> “*The following key should help in settling issue* >>> >>> Tendrils forked, leaves with 9-12 sharp teeth on each side, apex >>> acute....................C. repens >>> Tendril with 5-7 racemose branches, leaves with 15-45 minute teeth >>> on each side, apex >>> rounded...........................................................................C. >>> repanda >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh” >>> >>> "Not sure what the plant in question here is, but am sending a few >>> photographs of a young plant of Cissus repanda for comparison. The >>> photographs were taken at my farm at Shahapur. >>> With regards, >>> Neil Soares. " >>> >>> "As you may be aware, Cissus quadrangularis also has cylindrical and >>> flattened stems (perhaps under cultivation?) in addition to the normal >>> 4-angled stems. >>> I guess the flat-stemmed form was recently described as new species >>> (citation needed!). >>> *I think your plant is a form of C.quadrangularis with cylindrical >>> stems. But this needs confirmation. * >>> Regards >>> Vijayasankar Raman" >>> >>> "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. >>> * .. Regards, >>> Padmini Raghavan." >>> >>> "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" >>> >>> "*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/ >>> Sending my photographs of Cissus quadrangularis for comparison. Kindly >>> note the tendrils and constricted nodes (we we want to ignore stem angles >>> and wings)." from Singh ji. >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> >>> Date: 10 March 2011 07:23 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:64608] 10032011-PR for ID from Chennai >>> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> This is a plant bought from a nusery at Bangalore. >>> Please help me id it. >>> Thanks, >>> Padmini Raghavan. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >>> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1600 members & >>> 70,000 messages on 30/5/11) or Efloraofindia website: >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of >>> around 5000 species) >>> >>> >> >
