Hi, The aerial parts of both young and mature plants can be eaten, but younger plants are preferred. Older plants have medicinal properties and, I believe, are used for the treatment of Herpes. Regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Wed, 9/1/10, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:46170] ID Request-310810-PKA2 To: "L. Rasingam" <rasi...@gmail.com> Cc: "tanay bose" <tanaybos...@gmail.com>, "Prashant awale" <pkaw...@gmail.com>, "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>, "indiantreepix" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 9:42 AM I think I have seen them somewhere being sold in the market. -- 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 Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:35 AM, L. Rasingam <rasi...@gmail.com> wrote: The Irula peoples from the Pillur Ghats, Coimbatore district eat the young stems. I also tasted many time. Regards L.Rasingam On 1 September 2010 05:03, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: Something new for me Tanay On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Neil ji. regards Prashant On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi, Photographed at my farm. Will send photographs of the flowers later. Regards, Neil Soares. --- On Tue, 8/31/10, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:46112] ID Request-310810-PKA2 To: "indiantreepix" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, "Prashant awale" <pkaw...@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 8:26 PM Hi Prashant, This is Deccan Caralluma [Caralluma adscendens]. Will send you some of my photographs. Regards, Neil. --- On Tue, 8/31/10, Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> Subject: [efloraofindia:46099] ID Request-310810-PKA2 To: "indiantreepix" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 7:16 PM Dear Friends, Came across this small herb at the top of Bhawdan Hill near Wai (Mahabaleshwar region). Date/Time: 28-08-2010 / 07:45AM Location: Bhawdan Hill, Wai region Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Herb regards Prashant -- 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 -- Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri, The Nilgiris.
