In Haryana near Chandigarh Panchkula District about 800-1000 On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:13 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote:
> where is this hill, what state? how high above sea level? > u > ==== > > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nice capture Usha Ji. Once i got a chance to get its one Pod and that is >> kept in Museum of my College. today after seeing pics of yours i could >> remember that we have seen this plant in Morni Hills from where we collected >> its one pod. >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Photographed this July. Please also check this link : >>> >>> >>> https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/16f131b0f92d3f7e/24efb43551c64d94?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Oroxylum+indicum+Neil+Soares.#24efb43551c64d94 >>> >>> Regards, >>> Neil Soares. >>> >>> --- On *Thu, 8/4/11, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>*wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:75995] Oroxylum Indicum on the Gangetic >>> Plains, flowers fallen on a public footpath UD 08042011 001 >>> To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 4:34 PM >>> >>> >>> Oh , yes, I know that, that's why I was sorry for myself that that guy >>> came out and shooed me away... I would have loved to hang around for a big >>> nice wind gust... the seeds would have spilled out .... I tried to argue >>> with the guy ... but its a military camp, I found out later... no arguing >>> with them... they have work to do... >>> >>> Usha di >>> ====== >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Neil Soares >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >>> Nice photographs Dr. Usha ! Seeds are clearly seen [in 2 pods on the >>> left and one pod on the right] in the last photograph. >>> Regards, >>> Neil Soares. >>> >>> --- On *Thu, 8/4/11, ushadi Micromini >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> >* wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: ushadi Micromini >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:75988] Oroxylum Indicum on the Gangetic Plains, >>> flowers fallen on a public footpath UD 08042011 001 >>> To: "efloraofindia" >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > >>> Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 3:50 PM >>> >>> >>> Dear All: >>> I was given to understand that best Oroxylum indicum, or Shonyak of >>> Ayurvedic medicine comes from those growing at the Himalayan foothills, >>> and I did not expect them in gangetic plains. >>> >>> So I was very surprised when in peripheral vision out of running cab >>> window I spotted some sword- like pods, and on second look saw leaves >>> similar those on a 2 foot tall sapling I had seen in a herbal garden in >>> Jamnagar about a decade ago... here was a stand of Oroxylum indicum on >>> the hot humid and almost at or even a foot or two below sea level >>> Gangetic plains.... on the northern fringes of Calcutta... >>> >>> I stopped and took some pictures, and picked up a fallen flower.... from >>> the PUBLIC sidewalk... >>> could not see or take pictures of the trunk or the bark etc....because of >>> a huge wall and could not pick up more of the fallen flowers because no >>> sooner had I picked up a flower and spread it open that a cycle riding >>> plains clothes person came and very authoritatively shooed me away.. saying >>> it was a restricted area.... I could not understand how can a public >>> footpath with two bus-stops within 50 feet of where I was standing be a >>> restricted area... >>> >>> Anyway, when I got home I had some dark and one acceptable picture of the >>> leaves...Pods had previously opened and most likely dispersed its seeds >>> away..the day before it had rained very heavily..... I did not see any on >>> the footpath below in that quick 2 minute sojourn... >>> >>> Details: *Oroxylum indicum* >>> Family: Bignoniaceae >>> Genus: Oroxylum >>> Species: * Oroxylum indicum* >>> Sanskrit : अरलु aralu, श्योनक shyonaka >>> Gujarati and Marathi : टा यिटू tayitu, टेटु tetu >>> Hindi: शल्लक shallaka >>> Santhal tribals call it: Rengebanam >>> >>> The open flower shows 5 stamens …. See recent other threads about >>> Shyonak/oroxylum indicum this week … >>> >>> *** Root bark and seeds are medicinal… >>> Root bark is an important constituent of Dashmool…. Very important in >>> normalizing the gut related immune functions and improving the health of GI >>> mucosa… normalizing it… many many more… recent research points to >>> possible anticancer properties of the kwath of dashmool and of the >>> seeds… much remains to study by astute modern clinicians…. >>> >>> Ushadi >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
