DEAR ALL: OOOOPS.... I meant Antigonon and not quisquallis...
please forgive me... big difference and big mistake... Usha di ======== On Nov 5, 8:36 pm, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > aaaah! thank you ... i had been reading something about famine foods in > the tropics... and I think this plant was included ... so ... I wanted to > know if it would be really something that a hungry person (weak from > famine) be willing to dig... > > because the similar papers also mentioned the "knots" that form in bermuda > grass as famine foods... and tubers of quisqualis... the latter I had dug > up from my own potted quisquallis in my balcony in ny... looked like the > red sweet potatoe we have in india.. its said to survive forest fires and > be available to animals and man if they need them for sustenanace... and to > the plants to regenerate from in case of seeds being burned.... > > another that comes to mind is jerusalem artichoke... > > so on and so forth... > thank you again for indulging my request... > > I 'll ask your permission to use it if I write up about the famine foods... > > but thats in a few months in the future... right now I have two exams > coming up... > > Thanks again.. > Usha di > > =========== > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks Prasad ji for the useful info. > > Ushadi, finally I could 'locate' the pictures of tubers. These pictures > > were taken by Dr. Ravikumar (FRLHT) during our visit to Rayagada in 2005. > > T. pinnatifida is a synonym of T. leontopetaloides. > > > Regards > > > Vijayasankar Raman > > National Center for Natural Products Research > > University of Mississippi > > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 9:31 AM, ushadi Micromini < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> Mr Prasad...thanks > > >> I did not have doubts... > > >> I was asking Vijashakar ji if he took any pictures of the tubers... > >> I am still waiting to hear from you... > >> Usha di > >> ========= > > >> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 11:52 AM, prasad dash > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Thanks Vijayasankar Ji. Really I did not Know that you have already > >>> visited Rayagada. Yes the tubers are edible in Ranpur, but only for > >>> medicinal purposes. The tubers are one of the key ingradient in preparing > >>> many herbal medicines. I think this information may clear your doubts > >>> Ushamam. > > >>> Regards > > >>> Prasad > > >>> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Ushadi micromini < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> @ 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 > > >>> -- > >>> Prasad Kumar Dash > >>> Ecologist, Orissa, India > >>> email: [email protected] > >>> ph. 09437444241
