Thanks Vijaya for prompt a reply... you must be up early...and already at work ... my wonderment was because the only plant I had remembered as referred to as a terror for travelers was another prickly plant ...nettles of some sort... esp in australian scrub... which will inject histamine in the skin its prickles penetrated.... but this plant sounds like a real terror... dont rememebr where I read it.. was a long time ago...
poison ivy and poison sumac are terrors but not to these proportions ... usha di On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Usha di, > > *Pterolobium hexapetalum* is one of the dominant species in the scrub > jungles and foothills. The plants, with their copiously prickled arching > branches, form thick and impenetrable cover on the floor, over rocks and > also on other bushes and small trees. > In such forests, the botanists (and sometimes goats), used to/ have to > create our way among these scrubs. Whatever direction we step forward, the > branches with the hooked prickles that face all directions, will surely > hold our clothes and skin from moving forward. We have to stop, keep a few > steps back in the same position to get rid of the prickles that has already > made scratches on skin and has given a furry appearance to the clothes. > And, one will encounter this situation few to several times a day depend on > forest type. Its obvious to get scratches all over the skin and bleeding > and pains are normal and expected during the battle against these terrors, > especially if you don't want to miss exploring such forests. Of course, not > all the scrub forests are like this, at the same time there are forests > fully dominated by this species. My study area has plenty of them! Its > difficult and time-consuming to cut the branches and clear the way. > > So the name "Traveler's Terror"! > > But, the flowers are really very beautiful and pleasantly fragrant :) You > can see swarm of bees around during flowering. Fruits are also attractive > looking! What a combination! > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:15 AM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Vijaya >> wonder why? >> >> Usha di >> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Vijayasankar >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Agree with Swamy ji's id. >>> It is commonly known as "Traveler's terror"! >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar Raman >>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>> University of Mississippi >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 5:39 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: M Swamy <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 10 September 2012 18:20 >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:129633] Re: ID No. MS 110912-100- Pterolobium >>>> hexapetalum >>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Attaching herewith photographs of a shrub , most probably, >>>>> Pterolobium hexapetalum .Photos taken at Kanaka giri hillsl Karnataka on >>>>> 10.9.1*2.* ID confirmation requested. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species >>>> * & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>>> alphabetically & place-wise): >>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >>>> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members >>>> & 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>>> of more than 7000 species). >>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>>> India'. >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> > -- Usha di =========== --
