You are correct Mani Ji. The purgative activity of this plant has been proved both ethnomedicinally and scientifically. Along with another plant with I think is more damgerous than this i.e. Exogonium purga (Jalap).
Tanay On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:29 AM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Tanay ji, after tasting only we come to know whether edible or > inedible eventhough there are some risk. Tomatoes was once considered > poisonos in Europe and they were growing it just for show purpose. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear All >> Thanks for adding more info. These pics were taken from Medicinal >> Plants Conservation Area. A forest Ranger Mr Katku Ram Told us that >> fruits of this plant are liked by Monkeys very much and they have >> protected this plot of P hexandrum with wirenet. Anticancer property >> of this plant were also known to locals there. Mr Katku Ram also told >> us about many more medicinal plants but... i lost many of them in my >> hard disk crash. He was very knowledgeable person having knowledge of >> both botany and medicinal value of the plants. The area shown in pics >> harbour more than 100s of medicinal plants there. The only thing not >> good is that approach to this area is very difficult, you either have >> to hire a jeep or trekking of about 10 KM. Here also adding some more >> photos >> >> Regards >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
