Young pods are eaten in SE Asia like Thailand too! ! AND NEIL: wonderful to see the steps in its life story
thanks for taking and sharing the pictures... Usha di ======= On Aug 13, 10:21 am, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Dr. Neil for the response. > Just thought of sharing some facts...for those who may be interested... > > * It is a monotypic genus (meaning...the genus *Oroxylum *is represented by > only a single species in the world and it is *O. indicum*) > * It is a Red Listed Species (the species is facing risk owing to > over-harvesting and habitat loss) > * Though distributed across India, it is sporadic in nature and only > solitary or few trees seen here and there. but only recently we, from FRLHT, > found a large population (in thousands :) in the central Indian region. > * we all know it is one of the ten ingredients (roots) in the 'dasamoola > arishtam', an ayurvedic formulation. > * young pods are cooked and eaten as vegetable in Manipur (may be in other > NE Indian states, too), and are sold in vegetable markets here... > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > Thanks Dr.Balkar & Dr.Vijayasankar, > > The few pedicels which appear to have lost their flowers, had > > actually flowered, been pollinated, dropped off in the morning and were > > lying on the ground, but inadvertently forgot to photograph them. > > Regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > --- On *Sat, 8/13/11, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:76804] Oroxylum indicum [Tetu] pods emerging > > To: "Vijayasankar" <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> > > Cc: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>, indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > > Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 7:15 AM > > > Nice pics Neil Ji > > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Vijayasankar > > <vijay.botan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vijay.botan...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > Very interesting! Looks like the bats have done their job even before the > > flowers open fully..! Or is it b'cos some other visitor found a short-cut > > route to rob the nectar?!! > > Its nice to see the rising of new fruits. But few pedicels have lost their > > flowers...any idea why?? > > > Regards > > > Vijayasankar Raman > > National Center for Natural Products Research > > University of Mississippi > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Neil Soares > > <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> > > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > Thought this might be interesting. Photographed at my farm last > > Sunday....after successful pollination by bats....Tetu pods emerging. > > Regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > -- > > Regards > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964
