Thanks Ushadi for the valuable information. Best wishes for your write up on famine food and for the exams as well. I am sure Dr. Ravikumar will happily permit to use his pictures.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > 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
