More details furnished as belowin another thread ( https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/7d7cf61b67979ae3?hl=en #): "Hallo All
i am looking for a plant called Crinum defixum....the information for which is available on the following link..... http://www.indianetzone.com/38/kandali_plant.htm<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.indianetzone.com/38/kandali_plant.htm&usg=AFQjCNHJk3VcM3W2a3otMW6rtpYuc6rcKw> i need the bulbs of this plant in a substantial amount (~50kg fresh weight). can anyone from Uttarakhand (preferably) or west bengal or any other state of peninsular India (preferred locations by this plant) help me collect the amount.... the problem is that some work was taken up on this plant by one of the PhD students at our institute (NIPER) but it so happened that the specimen which he collected seems to be fake and is not giving any results on the chemical analysis front.....his work is suffering... can anyone please help... Alok" On 16 October 2011 14:55, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “Dear Alok ji > > If you are working with the plant, you must be having flowering specimens, > photograph or herbarium. Crinum can;t be confused with species of Allium > (some may be called as Jungli lassun). Perhaps if you send photographs some > of us may be able to identify. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > > “If you are sure about Crinum defixum Ker-Gawl which is now Crinum > viviparum Ansari& Nair, then this is a plant that grows on the rocky beds of > rivers in peninsular India. I have a few plants in my collection and I can > spare one for you. Regards, Shrikant” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Alok Goyal <[email protected]> > Date: 4 July 2011 16:43 > Subject: [efloraofindia:73199] Jangli lahsun > To: [email protected] > > > Hallo all > > Can any one please tell me the correct identity of a plant called Jangali > Lahsun. According to me the name is *Crinum defixum*. however, on chemical > tests the plant which we have collected from Bihar and Jharkhand region is > not giving a proper test for the presence of chemicals reported in > literature for crinum defixum. that means the identity is wrong for the > plant on our part. > > if it is crinum defixum only, where can i fiond the plant in the region of > North India like Himacha pradesh or can any one please guide me to a seller > who sells this plant in market. the bulbs are used for the analysis purpose > and we need the bulbs only.... > > > please help.. > > Alok > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1725 members & > 85,000 messages on 30/9/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of around 5500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1725 members & 85,000 messages on 30/9/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of around 5500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.

