Thanks a lot, Chris ji. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Chris Fraser-Jenkins Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 at 15:38 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:122576] Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Selaginella sp from Forest area Narsinghpur (MP) To: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com>
This is the very distinctive Selaginella bryopteris. It is frequently sold in country bazaars (and in Shillong main street) as being Sanjeevani. However I published a paper on Sanjeevani saying that the evidence was much more likely that Sanjeevani was actually S. tamariscina, growing very rarely, only in Pithoragarh (Tawaghat) near to the ancient Vedic town there. Otherwise, as we see, S. bryopteris is common in South and Central India, so why did Lord Hanuman have to go all the way up to the Himalaya to collect it, when Laxmana urgently needed help for his severe wounds. He could have brought it in 10 minutes from South India, but he had to go all the way up to Uttarakhand, the only place in India (and a very limited area) where the resurrection species, S. tamariscina grows. Also from Chinese medicinal study S. tamariscina contains compounds that alleviate haemorrhage, which must be relevant! If only Ramdev ji had just picked up the Indian Fern Journal and read my paper he could have collected real Sanjeevani free of charge and without requiring huge Government grants, from the locality I mentioned. But thats not what hes about, I suspect! Best wishes, Chris F.J. On Sunday, 15 October 2023 at 08:26:31 BST, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: Is it possible to identify these images from Forest area Narsinghpur (Madhya Pradesh), Central India? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: *Balkar Singh* <balkara...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 at 08:09 Subject: [efloraofindia:122576] Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Selaginella sp from Forest area Narsinghpur (MP) To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Dear All Selaginella sp from Forest area Narsinghpur (MP) Hope this is Selaginella rupestris called as resurrection plant. In North Indian this plant is sold as "Sanjivani buti" because this turns into green fresh plant even after year of dryness when kept in water. In Narsinghpur forest this was in huge amount growing in open slopes just as carpet of grass. In last picture of ground . All green grass like appearance is Selaginella. Thanks -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- 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/CA%2BiuSFCFn4s7YT9PSxNs%3DHyb8VBPwKDeoBbvnU2wiR8LVBLkUw%40mail.gmail.com.
