Thanks, Taffazul ji -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Mon, 5 Dec, 2022, 10:52 am taffa...@gmail.com, <taffazu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Would like to add this additional information which may be of interest to > members: > A villager from a remote village of Kashmir informs me that its Kashmiri > name is "Phoorish". He also told me that in olden > times it was used as an abortifacient. This is important as the roots of a > closely related variety Rubia cordifolia var munjista > are widely advertised and sold online as an Ayurvedic tonic called > Manjsitha. I think this should be avoided by women of child bearing age > unless it is proven safe by further research > > On Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 12:20:53 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > >> Thanks, Taffazull ji >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J. M. Garg >> >> On Sun, 23 Oct, 2022, 10:58 am taffa...@gmail.com, <taffa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Am posting another photo of red roots and orange buds characteristic of >>> this plant in autumn. In spring the buds will elongate very rapidly and >>> the climbing stems completely enfold any adjacent supporting structure like >>> a fence or a rose bush. For this reason gardeners consider it a >>> troublesome weed. It is striking that though madder was cultivated in >>> Kashmir till 1866 A.D. in places like Pampore- famous for its saffron- >>> today its use is completely forgotten and as far as my enquiries go people >>> here do not even have a Kashmiri name for this plant. >>> >>> On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 1:35:49 PM UTC+5:30 taffa...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Kindly confirm if the plant is *Rubia wallichiana* .It was growing in >>>> a lawn* in *Srinagar .The stem is aciculate and square.The corolla of >>>> the flowers is white and most of the fruits are black and tiny 2-3 mm in >>>> dia though a very few were upto 5 mm in dia. >>>> >>>> Walter R.Lawrence in “The Valley of Kashmir” (1895) Chapter XIII p >>>> 344 writes that till Samvat 1923 ( 1866 A.D.) madder was cultivated in >>>> Kashmir and its roots sold at 8 Annas per Seer (at present rates about >>>> Rs350/Kg.).Rubia wallichiana is even today in use by Monpa people of Tibet >>>> and Arunachal Paradesh >>>> >>>> Yang R et al in their paper published in the *Nature *family Open >>>> Access Journal *Science Reports* write that: >>>> >>>> “ Synthetic dyes not only pollute the environment and damage ecosystems >>>> but can also be harmful to human health..Thus, an “eco-efficiency” concept >>>> has come into existence to bring economic and environmental viability >>>> together.. As a biodegradable and recyclable resource, natural dyes are >>>> gradually beginning to receive more attention*..(** Yang, R., Zhang, >>>> Y., Ranjitkar, S. et al. Reusing wasteroot of Rubia wallichiana dyeing from >>>> Monpa of Tibet in China.* *Sci Rep* *11*, 14331 (2021). >>>> https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93848-8 *)* >>>> >>>> Cultivation of *Rubia wallichiana* can be promoted as a sunrise >>>> industry in Kashmir. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "eFloraofIndia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/1d2367e8-0553-4d47-9a8c-03f9e68dfb79n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/1d2367e8-0553-4d47-9a8c-03f9e68dfb79n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/c5eada5e-5168-4696-840d-bf80a5723a25n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/c5eada5e-5168-4696-840d-bf80a5723a25n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFAeisF2_W7Hw4bik2A6o2rnabcxuDaJUyXBf6paUpd6rQ%40mail.gmail.com.
