@ DR Raman: do you have pictures of the tubers? @ Dr. Satish : yes, the whiskers above the drooping fruits look like persistent flower part... have seen it in some clerodendrons and some other houseplants, cant remember all the names, as I come across, may be will post them..and the brown somewhat triangulars seem to be dried out flower buds? may be... Mr Dash can tell us...
Mr. Dash: Nice picture by the way... Usha di ====== On Nov 4, 7:36 pm, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Prasad ji, are the tubers edible? they just look like potato. we collected > this also from Rayagada :) > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:50 AM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks Satish ji. Yes these are fruits > > > Regards > > > prasad > > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Giby Kuriakose > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> These are fruits > > >> Regards > >> Giby > > >> On 3 November 2011 20:01, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Interesting plant.. > >>> Are these flowers or fruits with some persistent flower parts? > > >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:36 PM, prasad dash > >>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>> Dear members sharing the images of *Tacca leontopetaloides*. > > >>>> Name of the species: *Tacca leontopetaloides* > > >>>> Family: Taccaceae > > >>>> Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa > > >>>> Altitude: 340 m above msl > > >>>> Habit: Herb > > >>>> Habitat: Moist deciduous to semi-evergreen forests > > >>>> Uses: A critically dependent medicinal plant used as am ingredient in > >>>> preparing several other medicines. > > >>>> -- > >>>> Prasad Kumar Dash > >>>> Ecologist, Orissa, India > >>>> email: [email protected] > >>>> ph. 09437444241 > > >>> -- > >>> Dr Satish Phadke > > >> -- > >> 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
