Hi, Some of my photographs of Mucuna pruriens are available at this link : https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Mucuna$20pruriens$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/rljBSGxPdHc/fvwvWEf8ProJ With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Tue, 2/26/13, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> wrote: From: D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:147460] Id of a fruit To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Cc: "Dinesh Valke" <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>, "Dr Santhosh Kumar" <drsanthosh1...@gmail.com>, "Shrikant Ingalhalikar" <shrikant.ingalhali...@gmail.com>, "Ushadi Micromini" <microminipho...@gmail.com>, "Aneeta Kindre" <kindreane...@gmail.com>, "Satish Phadke" <drsmpha...@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 5:27 PM Since you have mentioned that you haven't seen M.pruriens, I am attaching a picture of pods of M.pruriens. Pod bristles are considered as allergic, though the seeds are medicinal. DSRawat Pantnagar On Monday, February 25, 2013 2:41:41 PM UTC+5:30, Shobha Halwe-Chavda wrote: Thanx Dr.Santosh.I haven't seen M.pruriens yet. Regards, Shobha On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Shobha ji for elaborating your sighting. Many thanks Santhosh ji for the clarity among the two pods. Shobha ji, the word पांढरी (meaning white coloured) must have some reasoning while it was assigned to this M. monosperma - one case could be just to logically separate the two plants. Perhaps, some aspect of M. monosperma is "whiter" (read "brighter") than the M. pruriens. It could be just any aspect like stem, leaf, bud, flower, seed OR even the root. Those familiar with this colour logic may help us out. Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar <drsanth...@gmail.com> wrote: Mucuna pruriens and M. monosperma are neither confused nor mistaken . The foremer has a long pod and the latter has somewhat round pods Santhosh On 25 February 2013 10:23, Shobha Halwe-Chavda <koa...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Anitaji and Dineshji, The climber was right near the steps of "Palasambe Caves" and a local person warned us about its itching property,so we stayed away from it and didn't dare to touch it.( By the way,also saw side by side the climber of huge Entada pod ( गारंबी) at the same place.) Dineshji,checked the plant in Flowers of Sahyadri.But off course the photo was of flower and not the pod,so didn't get the clue.Mr.Ingalhalikar has mentioned two Mucuna species.Mucuna pruriens ( खाजकुइरी) and Mucuna monosperma (पांढरी खाजकुइरी). Pods of both the species seem to be irritant.But i wonder why one is "पांढरी" ? Flowers of both the species are purple ! and pods too r not white ! Warm Regards, Shobha On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Shobha Halwe-Chavda <koa...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanx Dineshji and Anitaji. To Ushadi -U need not be so sarcastic.Very sorry to read such language on Indiateepix. Shobha On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Ushadi Micromini <micromi...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Anita: I have seen a dermatology book that talks of Farmers getting allergic responses to some vigna leaves, apparently they have some secretion on the tips of theirhairs... But not seen this... may be it / your experience should be added to medical knowledge about allergic response to the physical or chemical constituents? Wonder if any body wrote this up... in medical literature? Also goes to show that knowing the vernacular meaning is so important and knowing the nuances of regional knowledge is soo very important... thanks for telling me/us usha di On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Aneeta Kindre <kindre...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Usha di ji, Marathi word_Khajkhujali means Itching (irritation in skin_skin khujana) Wenever d Pod of Mucuna comes in contact with skin, immediately iching is started over there, so that local people named it as Khaj-khujali / Khaj-kuiri !! And Fortunately or unfortunately i hv experienced with both species pod M.pruriens n M.monosperma at my farm (Pune region) !! Skin touch experience was unforgotable n horrible ever !! :) Warm wishes, Anita Kindre. On Feb 23, 2013 10:16 PM, "Ushadi Micromini" <micromi...@gmail.com> wrote: Anita: nice to know the marathi name I dont understand Marathi language, wonder what does it mean? translated in english may be? do you know? thanks usha di On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Aneeta Kindre <kindre...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Shobha ji, There is no binomial nomenclature system in Marathi !! But in Marathi it has Local name_ Pandhari Khajkuiri / Pandhari Khajkhujali !! N its Synonym is Stizolobium rugosum. M.monosperma is native to western ghats !! (Palasambe region included in W.Ghats) :) Warm wishes, Anita Kindre. On Feb 23, 2013 10:34 AM, "Ushadi Micromini" <micromi...@gmail.com> wrote: you mean Synonyms? is there a word like synoname? i was not aware of it also it would be Marathi names... not synonyms... Marathi names are not in the binomial system... usha di On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Shobha Halwe-Chavda <koa...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanx everybody.Is it a local/Indian species,if so, can anyone tell me its Marathi synoname? On Feb 22, 2013 8:33 PM, "Satish Phadke" <drsmp...@gmail.com> wrote: Yes Mucuna monosperma I have seen it in ghat section between Belgaon. and Goa. Dr Satish Phadke On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Shobha Halwe-Chavda <koa...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Friends, Please help me in identifying this rare fruit ! I was amazed to see it on a climber near Palasambe caves ( near Kolhapur) last week.Posting few photos for id. Regards, Shobha -- --- 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. 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