The video may not be fake. There is another plant which has similar properties. See this link for details: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=286761 To quote from the site "Another common name for this plant is gas plant. In hot weather, old flowers or seed pods emit a flammable oil which, on a windless summer evening, can be ignited with a match resulting in a brief vapor burn which is harmless to the plant, hence the common name." Tabish
On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 9:33:21 AM UTC+5:30 nadeem waqif wrote: > Dear all, > > a strange request out of curiosity. someone forwarded me this video > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTzrXtXejb4 > > which shows a rather dangerous tree whose white fruits spontaneously light > up match sticks. they mention the local name as Pandava Patti, which has > been identified as Callicarpa tomentosa, but the tree in the video is > clearly not C. tomentosa. > > The location alluded to in the video is Chandrapur which might refer to > the forests of east Maharashtra tho the uploader of the video is in Mizoram. > > The video does seem genuine and not a stunt, hence i dared to link it on > this group as a enquiry. > > best regards > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/4571cc5e-1e50-4dfd-95de-f5ada86663a0n%40googlegroups.com.
