Sir, I remember once its production was banned and newspaper carried articles on it. As i searched a little while ago i found -
- http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-09/hyderabad/31640668_1_odap-kesari-dal-cultivation - http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/maharashtra-revokes-ban-popular-lentil - http://books.google.co.in/books?id=sG4aocSLgPEC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=Lathyrus+sativus+ban&source=bl&ots=JN-02GYsoL&sig=cKrr81_9igFqJVzKWl1y_YkxDHo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=go8vUaWKFYP9rAeNs4CACA&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Lathyrus%20sativus%20ban&f=false Thank you for reminding me. Regards, surajit On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:06 AM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > The seeds contain osteotoxin B--amino propio nitrile and neurotoxin > B-N-oxalya aminoalanine (BOAA). BOAA is believed to be the cause of > Lathyrism, a sort of paralysis. Newly evolved varieties has less or no > toxins in India. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > On Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:42:14 PM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: >> >> Cultivated pulse, but this one is an escape, as they often do. >> ID Help : >> >> - >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Lathyrus_sativus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathyrus_sativus> >> - https://sites.google.com/site/**efloraofindia/species/a---l/f/** >> >> fabaceae/lathyrus/lathyrus-**sativus<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/f/fabaceae/lathyrus/lathyrus-sativus> >> >> >> -- > > --- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
