Pravir ji Yes the bulbous herb is so common in Kashmir valley that it covers meadows at most places. One of the earliest herbs to flower in Kashmir.
-- 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, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice reporting and a beautiful photograph. Thanks . > > On Aug 4, 1:30 pm, Pravir Deshmukh <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Colchicum luteum* *Baker* > > > > * > > * > > > > Family: Colchicaceae > > > > Corm ovoid, oblong, coat brown to dark-brown, membranous. Leaves 3-6, > > appearing at flowering time, linear to broadly linear, apex obtuse. > Flowers > > yellow, infundibuliform, 3-4 cm across. Tepals 6, united below into a > long, > > narrow tube, up to 9 cm long. Stamens 6, attached at the base of the > > perianth segments, included; filaments ; anthers yellow, basifixed. Ovary > > superior, trilocular; styles 3, filiform, longer than the stamens; stigma > > minute. > > > > *Fl. Per.:* February to May depending on the altitude. > > > > Recorded From: Lahaul Valley, Himachal Pradesh > > > > Elevation: 1500 to 3000 m altitude. > > > > Use: The seeds and the corm contain the alkaloid, *Colchicine,* which is > > used in medicine to relieve pain and inflamation and in plant breeding > work > > to induce doubling of chromosomes. > > > > -- > > Pravir Deshmukh > > 09717611977 > > > > -- > > Pravir Deshmukh > > 09717611977 > > > > -- > > Pravir Deshmukh > > 09717611977 > > > > DSC_02551.jpg > > 274KViewDownload
