Thank you Gurcharanji, never knew about the gummy substance... but it makes sense... the plant must be using it to survive in the marshes... as a sort of water - proofing itself.. clever plant...
Usha di ========= On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Ushadi young shoots are used as vegetable. Stalks exude manna-like > edible gum. Rhizomes and roots are also edible. Mostly used for thatching, > and for making mats and baskets, culms also used for making pens, panicles > for brooms. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Gurcharanji...I forgot to ask ... is it edible? >> Usha di >> ====== >> On Nov 20, 7:34 pm, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Reeds are also very common along the marshes along NJ turnpike ... >> > across from Manhattan down to the Delaware valley... but the species >> > there is I think P. australis... inflorescence is abit more bulky and >> > longer than p. communis... >> > but regardless, bird watchers love these stands.. breeding and feeding >> > grounds for many birds... >> > >> > thanks for these pictures.. >> > Usha di >> > ====== >> > >> > On Nov 20, 6:51 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > *Phragmites australis* (Cay.) Trin. ex Steud., Nom. Bot., ed. 2, >> 2:324. >> > > 1841. >> > > syn: *Phragmites* *communis* Trin.; *Arundo* *australis* Cay. >> > >> > > Tall perennial reed up to 5 m tall; leaf-blades up to 60 cm long, up >> to 3 >> > > cm broad with filiform tip; panicle up to 50 cm long, up to 20 cm >> broad; >> > > spikelets 12-16 mm long with up to 10 mm long silky rhachilla hairs; >> upper >> > > glume lanceolate 5-9 mm long, apiculate; lemma narrowly lanceolate, >> up to >> > > 12 mm long. >> > >> > > Common in Kashmir valley in ponds and banks of Dal Lake, Nagin Lake >> and >> > > other lakes in the Valley. Photographed from Banks of Nagin Lake in >> > > Kashmir. >> > >> > > -- >> > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> > > Retired Associate Professor >> > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >> > > Phragmites-communis-Nagin-Kashmir-1-P1110786.jpg >> > > 493KViewDownload >> > >> > > Phragmites-communis-Nagin-Kashmir-2-DSC06618.jpg >> > > 207KViewDownload >> > >> > > Phragmites-communis-Nagin-Kashmir-3-DSC06620.jpg >> > > 281KViewDownload >> > >> > > Phragmites-communis-Nagin-Kashmir-4-DSC06626.jpg >> > > 232KViewDownload >> > > > >
