Respected Bimalda... nice to know rhinos like the flowers.... very interesting, please thank your friend....
Please convey to your friend that ... not some (I quote him: " having some medicinal properties!!!! " end quote) ... BUT sona... or shonyak has medicinal properties of TREMENDOUS medicinal value, and is highly esteemed member of DASHMOOLA that normalizes gut immune reactions, detoxifies it, helps repair the gut lining... very important function that protects the rest of the body from inflammatory mediators in blood, reaching the lungs, heart brain etc where inflammatory mediators can precipitate attacks of all sorts.... Roots are used, and indiscriminate harvesting denudes the forest of SONA trees.... That's why wild crafting has almost decimated the population... am not sure if its on the red list yet.... perhaps DR Vijayashankar Raman or Dr. Oudhia may know... Usha di ========== On Aug 27, 6:21 pm, Col Bimal Sarkar <colbimalsar...@yahoo.com> wrote: > There are some interesting input from Dr ApDas.You may like to go through. > > Regards > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > Mobile: 9434194942 > > --- On Wed, 8/24/11, A P DAS <apdas....@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: A P DAS <apdas....@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: OROXYLUM INDICUM > To: "Col Bimal Sarkar" <colbimalsar...@yahoo.com> > Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 3:52 AM > > Dear Col. Sarkar, > GOOD MORNING!! > Oroxylum indicum is known as TOTOLA in Nepalese language. It is highly > religious for Buddhists. Making most religious KHADA, page marking of > Buddhists literature, religious decoration etc all are done by its white > papery seeds. Its flowers are quite tasty when fried. Flowers are also liked > by rhinos. However, the plant is also having some medicinal properties!!!! > Regards > A.P. DAS > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Col Bimal Sarkar <colbimalsar...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Dear Friend, > In 1967 while coming back from Sikkim to Darjeeling,we > stopped at the bridge on river Teesta.While walking on the road I picked up a > trasparent papery substance and asked a local person about the identity of > the substance.He told me that it is known as CHAMPA . In 1983 Mr Kharto ( > Tibetan instructor ) wanted to know about the tree known as CHAMPA to the > BHUDDHISTS .I could not enlighten him as to me CHAMA was Michelia champaca.It > was in Udhampur(1998),I opened a dry pod of Oroxylum indicum and saw the > papery seeds inside I understood what CHAMPA means to a BUDDHIST.My friend > Sonam told me that Bhuddhist use the pods and the seeds in worship of > Buddha.This tree is very common at this place.It is known as Ullu in Hindi > and Sona in Bangla. > This is what S venkatesh tells about the tree, > > " The tree is conspicuous in the forest when it bears its > scabbard-like fruits which breaks open to release its flat,papery and winged > seeds." > Some of you may not like to receive the images I post.Please feel fre > e to let me know so that I may not burden you with these. > Regards > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > Mobile: 9434194942
