@Ushadi The link to the info http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=238370102129&topic=11080
Regards Bhagyashri On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:35 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > so did you save the links of the websites? > can you share? > Please > Usha di > === > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No Ushadi googled info edited important info cut and paste >> Regards >> Bhagyashri >> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Ushadi micromini < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> wow Bhagyashri... did you type up all this? >>> >>> usha di >>> ===== >>> >>> On Sep 20, 3:23 pm, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Thank you Prasadji. >>> > To my surprise this too has a lot of medicinal value and it is edible >>> too >>> > >>> > Common name: Shiny Bush, Slate pencil plant, pepper elder, rat's ear, >>> shiny >>> > bush, silverbush • Malayalam: Mashitandu chedi • Assamese: Pononoa • >>> > Sanskrit: Toyakandha, Varshabhoo >>> > >>> > Parts utilized >>> > >>> > Leaves and stems. >>> > >>> > Constituents and properties >>> > >>> > • Considered anti-inflammatory, refrigerant, analgesic, antifungal, >>> > anticancer. >>> > >>> > • Study yielded 5 new bioactive compounds: two secolignans, two >>> > tetrahydrofuran lignans, and one highly methoxylated >>> dihydronaphthalenone. >>> > source >>> > >>> > Uses >>> > >>> > Nutritional >>> > >>> > Leaves and stems may be eaten as vegetable. >>> > >>> > In salads, the fresh plant has the crispness of carrot sticks and >>> celery. >>> > >>> > Folkloric >>> > >>> > Infusion and decoction of leaves and stems are used for gout and >>> arthritis. >>> > >>> > Externally, as a facial rinse for complexion problems. >>> > >>> > Pounded whole plant used as warm poultice for boils, pustules and >>> pimples. >>> > >>> > In Bolivia, decoction of roots used for fever; aerial parts for wounds. >>> > >>> > Used for headaches, rhumatic pains, impotence. >>> > >>> > In Brazil, used to lower cholesterol; for treatment of abscesses, >>> furuncles >>> > and conjunctivitis >>> > >>> > New uses >>> > >>> > Belongs to the "preferred list" of Philippine medicinal plants, being >>> > studied for its use in the treatment of arthritis and gout. >>> > >>> > For arthritis: Leaves and stems of the fresh plant may be eaten as >>> salad. >>> > Or, as an infusion, put a 20-cm plant in 2 glasses of boiling water; >>> and 1/2 >>> > cup of this infusion is taken morning and evening. >>> > >>> > Studies >>> > >>> > • Analgesic / Antiinflammatory: Extract study of aerial parts of PP >>> tested >>> > in rats and mice exhibited anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities. >>> > >>> > • CNS Depressant Activity: Study of peperomia leaf extract showed >>> > dose-dependent depressant effects probably due to psychoactive >>> substances >>> > that are CNS depressant. >>> > >>> > • Antipyretic: Study of PP leaf extract on rabbits showed antipyretic >>> > effects comparable to a standard aspirin. >>> > >>> > • Antibacterial: Study of methanolic extract of PP exhibited a very >>> good >>> > level of broad spectrum antibacterial activity. >>> > >>> > Regards >>> > >>> > Bhagyashri >>> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:25 PM, prasad dash < >>> [email protected]>wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > I think this is *Peperomia. *Probably* P. **pellucida.* >>> > >>> > > Regards >>> > >>> > > Prasad >>> > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > >> Request for identification >>> > >>> > >> Date/Time-Sep 2011 >>> > >>> > >> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune >>> > >>> > >> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- probably wild >>> > >>> > >> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- herb >>> > >>> > >> Height/Length- about 4 cms in height >>> > >>> > >> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green >>> > >>> > >> Inflorescence Type/ Size- I do not know how to describe this whether >>> what >>> > >> I see as 2 long stick like inflorescence >>> > >>> > >> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen >>> > >>> > >> Regards >>> > >>> > >> Bhagyashri >>> > >>> > > -- >>> > > Prasad Kumar Dash >>> > > Ecologist, Orissa, India >>> > > email: [email protected] >>> > > ph. 09437444241 >> >> >> >
