Yes Gnidia glauca as far as I remember its used for making fish poison Tanay
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Nudrat ji, > Check for *Gnidia glauca*. > regards > Prashant > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Nudrat Sayed <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello >> >> This plant was seen commonly all over Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani. A local >> informed us that the leaves caused swelling that was not painful and is >> commonly used by people to swell up the udder of the cattle that are up for >> sale. >> >> The plant is a shrub of about 1.5 meters in height. The leaves are about >> 7-10 cms in length and about 2-3 cms in breadth, dark green above and pale >> below, coriaceous. Calyx and corolla are thickly covered with white hair. >> >> Sorry for a real bad taxonomic description. Please help with the >> identification >> -- >> Warm Regards >> Sayed Nudrat Zawar >> >> >> > -- *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 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
