Thanks for sharing your work. Excellent documentation. Sishumar or Soons is Sanskrit name for Dolphins. We have naval vessel of Sishumar series. It will be interesting to explore that why X.granatum is associated with Sishumar i.e Dolphin. In Sunderbans Gangetic Dolphins and X.granatum share same habitat.
Sishumar kand, Sishumar bela, Sishumar booti, Sishumar kanda, Sishumar telia and so on are names present in my medicinal plant database. Many are associated with Dolphin and many are not. Sishu means infant and Mar means to kill. Many herbs used as infant killers or many times for abortion are named as Sishumar. Not sure whether Dolphins and Xylocarpus are real Sishumar in this sense. These days Jatropha curcas is coming in category of Sishumar herbs as it has taken lives of atleast 10 kids and sent thousands to hospitals as cases of accidental Jatropha poisoning. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 3:06 PM, prasad dash <prasad.dash2...@gmail.com>wrote: > Pankaj Ji the link might be showing wrong local name. I have spent 2 > years with mangroves of Bhitarkanika and almost visited all parts of the > island which include participatory survey and resource mapping with local > people. i have also published a paper in Ethnobotany about Medicinal uses > of Mangroves. But never heard of this name for X. granatum. U might be > right. But i never heard during my 2 year survey. It might be due to the > same genus and 2 different species, thus the local name got mixed up. I am > attaching my paper for ur reference where we clearly wrote on Sishumar and > its uses. > > regards > > Prasad > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> This link says that Pitamari is X.granatum >> >> http://www.biosearch.in/publicOrganismPage.php?id=115051 >> >> It also mentions Shishumar. >> >> >> regards >> >> Pankaj Oudhia >> >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 2:17 PM, prasad dash <prasad.dash2...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Pankaj Ji PITAMARI is the Odiya name of Xylocarpus >>> gangeticus/X.moluccensis. SISHUMARA is the local name of X.granatum. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> prasad >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks. Pitamari is another name given in reference literature but if I >>>> am not wrong both names are not common in Bhitarkanika. Natives name it >>>> from its fruit i.e. phal. >>>> >>>> regards >>>> >>>> Pankaj Oudhia >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:36 PM, prasad dash >>>> <prasad.dash2...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks a lot Pankaj Ji for the additional information. you are truly >>>>> an encyclopedia of tkdl holder. The local name of this species in Odiya is >>>>> *SISHUMARA.* >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> prasad >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Pankaj Oudhia >>>>> <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for sharing. I was interviewed by MSSRF team in nineties for >>>>>> project work in Bhitarkanika but they were requiring Oriya speaking >>>>>> youth. >>>>>> From "Oudhia" they thought I am from Orissa. >>>>>> >>>>>> Xylocarpus is one of the important species used for "Revitalization >>>>>> of Pancreas" traditionally but unfortunately modern experts have not done >>>>>> much work on it. I have written a lot on its different aspects. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.scribd.com/pankajoudhia >>>>>> >>>>>> Google search for "Revitalization of pancreas" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&site=&q=%22revitalization+of+pancreas%22&oq=%22revitalization+of+pancreas%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1858l11267l0l11945l28l28l0l5l0l0l342l3892l9.2.11.1l23l0 >>>>>> >>>>>> Missing its local names in Bhitarkanika, Trying to ask from my >>>>>> contacts there. >>>>>> >>>>>> regards >>>>>> >>>>>> Pankaj Oudhia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:09 PM, prasad dash < >>>>>> prasad.dash2...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear members sending the photograph of *Xylocarpus granatum** *from >>>>>>> Bhitarkanika >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Name of the species: *Xylocarpus granatum** * >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Family: Meliaceae >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Place of collection: Bhitarkanika, Kendrapada, Odisha >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Habit: Tree >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Habitat: Wild, Wet evergreen forest >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We have three species of Xylocarpus in Odisha. Xylocarpus granatum, >>>>>>> Xylocarpus moluccensis and Xylocarpus mekongensis. All are under >>>>>>> different >>>>>>> categories of protection under IUCN. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Prasad >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Prasad Kumar Dash >>>>>>> Ecologist, Orissa, India >>>>>>> email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com >>>>>>> ph. 09437444241 >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Prasad Kumar Dash >>>>> Ecologist, Orissa, India >>>>> email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com >>>>> ph. 09437444241 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Prasad Kumar Dash >>> Ecologist, Orissa, India >>> email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com >>> ph. 09437444241 >>> >> >> > > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: prasad.dash2...@gmail.com > ph. 09437444241 >
