Interesting and useful info Pankaj ji and Tabish ji. Thanks Gurcharan ji for initiating the discussion by posting excellent pictures of Anagallis.
With regards Vijayasankar On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear friends > It feels good to read interesting discussion with useful feedback from > experts from different fields. Nalini ji, the Flora of Kashmir has so many > common elements with Europe, and when in Kashmir I would use Book on British > Flora, Flora Europaea and Flora of British Isles commonly for > identification. Pankaj ji, it feels so refreshing to read your useful > information about plant healers. > I saw this plant in Kashmir so many times, little knowing that it will > generate so much interest on the group. Thanks everybody. > > > -- > 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 Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:05 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nice catch of the plant sir ji !!! >> Tanay >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Let me continue the interesting discussion. >>> >>> In wheat fields in India, Anagallis grows with Chenopodium, Melilotus and >>> Sphaeranthus. As fish poison, the use of Sphaeranthus is preferred. In order >>> to increase its performance Anagallis, collected before flowering, is added. >>> To make it more strong remaining two species are added. >>> >>> Anagallis is toxic plant. In order to nullify its harmful effects it is >>> used with Chenopodium. The harmful effects of Melilotus commonly known as >>> Senji is nullified by Sphaeranthus. All these species are used with Wheat >>> grass in different combinations. >>> >>> The presence of these fives in wheat fields have special purpose. Mother >>> Nature arranged it for welfare of humanbeings. The greedy humanbeings see >>> only wheat as crop and destroy other gifts as weed and in this way loose the >>> golden oppurtuniy to get benefit from it. >>> >>> regards >>> >>> Pankaj Oudhia >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:35 PM, nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de>wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you Gurcharan ji, >>>> for sharing these beautiful fotos. >>>> These flowers are quite common here and I don't take notice of them. >>>> After watching your fotos I think I must always carry my fotoapparat with >>>> me, whenever I go out, even to the grocer for shopping. >>>> Ther germanname of the plant is Gaukheil (heeling mentalproblems) and >>>> was used to treat melancholie. Wetterkraut (weatherindicator) or >>>> Nebelpflanze (fogplant) are other names. >>>> I read in my book that in india the plant is used by fishers to catch >>>> fish because it is light toxic. >>>> Regards >>>> Nalini >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> >>>> *From:* Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> >>>> *To:* Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> >>>> *Cc:* efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>>> *Sent:* Monday, July 26, 2010 9:51 AM >>>> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:42340] Re: Anagallis arvensis ssp. >>>> arvensis >>>> >>>> Thanks Prashant ji, Tabish ji and Pankaj ji for encouraging comments. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The Blue Pimpernel and the Scarlet Pimpernel both are often called >>>>> shepherd's weather glass or shepherd's clock because the flowers close >>>>> before sunset or if it is about to rain. These brightly colored >>>>> flowers appear as bright dots in the field, which dramatically >>>>> "disappear" when the flowers close, if the sky is overcast or the sun >>>>> is about to set. Closed flowers are quite hard to notice because of >>>>> their dull color. >>>>> - Tabish >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 26, 12:17 pm, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > Nice pictures Gurcharan ji. Not sure about the medicinal properties >>>>> of this >>>>> > type as blue flowered Anagallis is very common in crop fields >>>>> specially in >>>>> > winter season crops in my region. Anagallis is known as Poor man's >>>>> (or >>>>> > farmer's) weather clock as its flowers close before bad weather. >>>>> Again I am >>>>> > not sure whether your Anagallis is also having same property or not? >>>>> > >>>>> > While walk in forest when we get injury from Tribulus or Asteracantha >>>>> spines >>>>> > the Healers use local herbs whereas I prefer use of Anagallis as >>>>> > Homoeo-drug. It acts in miraculous way. >>>>> > >>>>> > Anagallis arvensis possess benefical Allelopathic properties. I tried >>>>> it on >>>>> > different medicinal and aromatic crops, at first in lab and then in >>>>> fields, >>>>> > and now my farmers are using it. >>>>> > >>>>> > Accprding to weed researchers it is a curse but for the farmers aware >>>>> of its >>>>> > healing properties it is boon. This is the reason in general they >>>>> ignore >>>>> > research recommnedations specially in the field of weed management. >>>>> > >>>>> > regards >>>>> > >>>>> > Pankaj Oudhia >>>>> > >>>>> > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh < >>>>> singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > > Have seen a lot of blue flowered Anagallis (Anagallis arvensis ssp. >>>>> > > foemina) in Delhi, usually growing at altitudes below 1500 m or so, >>>>> but was >>>>> > > lucky to find both subspecies in Kashmir. This one is A. arvensis >>>>> ssp. >>>>> > > arvensis with orange-red flowers fairly common in Kashmir in the >>>>> valley >>>>> > > (1600 m and above), photographed in June 26, 2010 from Srinagar. >>>>> > > -- >>>>> > > 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> >>>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tanay Bose >> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >> 9830439691(Mobile) >> >> >> > > >
