This is really a rare picture! Its difficult to see mature seeds in wild plants. Thanks Neil ji, for sharing.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes this plant is abundant in TN and now it entered cultivation for the > medicinal and export value of its tubers, fruits, seeds. > > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Those who are in Chennai may see plenty of these plants with flowers >> and fruits along the coastline scrub jungle (Mahabalipuram road). I >> have seen many times. >> >> On Jan 30, 11:19 pm, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: >> > First time I too am seeing the seeds. I saw the flowers growing in the >> > forests of Ghodbunder in the early 1950s and have seen planty in Tamil >> Nadu >> > ( after all it is our State Flower) but have not noted the fruit or >> seeds. >> > Thanks, >> > Padmini Raghavan. >> > >> > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> > > Hi, >> > >> > > Was at my farm at Shahapur today with my friend Jayesh Timbadia. >> Photographed >> > > dehisced capsules of Glory Lily [Gloriosa superba] which had escaped >> > > frugivorous birds as they were hidden in a thicket. >> > >> > > Sending a few photographs. >> > >> > > With regards, >> > >> > > Neil Soares. >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 09626833911 > www.careearthtrust.org > >
