I have been to the spot, there must be about a 100 plants of jatropha. the kids have got awareness after the tragic incident. i shall speak to the local forest people about removing them.
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > No doubt Vikram ji, it is Jatropha curcas. > Like anyone else, I am concerned about the poor children, too. > I hope you have surveyed/visited the area and assessed the population of > these Jatropha plants. How many plants (just an estimate, in 100s or 1000s) > in the area you think is easily accessible by the slum children? Can the > plants be uprooted by the local authorities? There is no point in > keeping/growing these exotic plants when there is no plan to use them, and > when there is no active safety measures to prevent accidental poisoning. > Can the children and their parents be educated about the toxicity and its > affects on the victims? > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:43 PM, vikram jit singh < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am attaching another pix of the jatropha where its fruit is still green >> for the experts to confirm the id. Thanks to all for the info sent earlier. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: vikram jit singh <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:54 PM >> Subject: ID OF WILD `WALNUT-LIKE' POISONOUS FRUIT EATEN BY KIDS >> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>, efloraofindia < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> Dear Mr Garg, >> >> >> Could your group of experts please help identify and describe this wild >> fruit growing on the banks of the river ghaghar. This fruit was eaten by >> slum kids who thought it was a kind of wild almond and 34 kids were taken >> seriously ill with vomitting and loose motions. >> >> I am attaching pixs of a kid holding the dried fruits which were eaten >> and a pix of the unripe fruit on the treee. >> >> I am writing about these poisonous wild fruits in the newspaper and would >> require your group's expertise. >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Vikram Jit Singh >> >> Golf Columnist and Wildlife Correspondent: >> >> *The Times of India* >> >> >> at Chandigarh. >> >> >> Columnist and Writer for: >> >> > -- Vikram Jit Singh Golf Columnist and Wildlife Correspondent: *The Times of India* at Chandigarh. Columnist and Writer for: **
