Thanks a lot Prashant ji and Balkar Sir. Many thanks Giby ji for detail observation. U r right.This is the only member of Convolvulaceae which is a large woody climber and the fruits are really tasty. This is all due to traditional knowledge documentation which i am doing now for a particular community in Orissa.
Regards prasad On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice set of photographs Prasad ji. New to me. > Thanks, > > Regards > Prashant > > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Giby Kuriakose > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> This is a very interesting woody climber or Liana in Convolvulaceae >> family (may be the only woody liana in Convolvulaceae). >> It took some for me to believe that this huge woody climber belongs to >> Convolvulaceae when my taxonomy guide identified this plant with leafy >> branches. With that I referred flora books and realized that this is... >> >> Without flowers this woody climber doesn't give you any convolvulacean >> hint. Sometimes it reaches 20 in height and reaches the canopy. I could >> only collect the fallen branches that had buds (thanks to wild Bonnet >> Macaques). >> Thanks for sharing nice pictures of this pretty flowers. >> >> >> Regards, >> Giby >> >> >> >> On 2 November 2011 20:06, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wonderful shot Prasad Ji >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:14 PM, prasad dash >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Dear members pleased to share the photograph of another very important >>>> wild edible fruit plant from Ranpur, Orissa >>>> >>>> Name of the species: Erycibe paniculata >>>> Family: Convolvulaceae >>>> Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa >>>> Habit: Climbing shrub >>>> Habit: Damp forests along streams and nalas in semi-evergreen forests >>>> Uses: Ripe fruit edible and the bark is used in curing cholera >>>> and dysentery by tribals. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Prasad >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Prasad Kumar Dash >>>> Ecologist, Orissa, India >>>> email: [email protected] >>>> ph. 09437444241 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> >>> Dr Balkar Singh >>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> Arya P G College, Panipat >>> Haryana-132103 >>> 09416262964 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD >> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), >> Royal Enclave, >> Jakkur Post, Srirampura >> Bangalore- 560064 >> India >> Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) >> visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >> > > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
