Tabish ji I hope you missed my mail to Nalini ji in which I had discussed Himalayan plant and the European plant uploaded by Nalini. Our plant has much narrower leaves, rarely broader than 10 cm and inflorescence much dense, whereas specimens of P. acinosa are much broader often as broad as 30 cm and almost ellpic-ovate in shape. It was why our plant was treated as P. latbenia Walters by Flora of Pakistan (1971 publication) but more recent treatments "enumeration of Flowering plants of Nepal" (1978-84), and Flowers of Himalyas (1984) consider it inclusive of P. acinosa.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200007011 <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200007011> -- 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 Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Gurcharan ji, > I am having doubts about this being Phytolacca acinosa, mainly > because the flower-spikes look too densely-flowered for Phytolacca > acinosa. See the illustration and image here: > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=51021&flora_id=2 > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=52603&flora_id=2 > What we found in Uttaranchal, and believe to be P. acinosa, is also > not as densely flowered: > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Pokeweed.html > I am, for the moment, overlooking the fact that the leaves of your > plant do not look long-pointed. > Nayan's plant does look like Phytolacca acinosa to me too. > The other species I am aware of, Phytolacca octandra, also doesn't > agree with your pictures. > Your comments are solcited. > - Tabish > > On Aug 18, 4:02 pm, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Gurcharan ji for nice pictures. My Guru Dr.Guha of Raipur was > using > > it as Homoeo-medicine in treatment of breast cancer with much success. > > > > regards > > > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Phytolacca acinosa from Kashmir, common at altitudes above 2000 m in > grazed > > > areas, roadsides. Photographed from Pahalgam on June 20, 2010. > > > > > Common names: > > > English:India pokeweed, Indian poke, Sweet belladona > > > Chinese: Shaug lu > > > Hindi: Matazor, Sarangum > > > Kashmir: Lubar sag > > > Punjab: Lubar, Rinsag > > > Kamaon: Jarak, Jirrag > > > Assam: Jaiong > > > > > Young leaves and twigs cooked as vegetable, but should be carefully > used as > > > plant can be easily mistaken with Atropa belladona whose consumption > can > > > causeserious food poisoning (plants of Phytolacca are taller with > larger and > > > broader leaves; inflorescence totally different; narcotic, but effect > > > destroyed on boiling; roots and leaves are often mixed in consignments > of > > > Atropa accidently/unknowingly or purposely. > > > > > -- > > > 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/>
