Thanks Pravir ji for showing such an important plant for Biologists On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <swamy.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nice reporting and a beautiful photograph. Thanks . >> >> On Aug 4, 1:30 pm, Pravir Deshmukh <prav...@gmail.com> 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 > > > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
