Nice capture Usha Ji. Once i got a chance to get its one Pod and that is kept in Museum of my College. today after seeing pics of yours i could remember that we have seen this plant in Morni Hills from where we collected its one pod.
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > Photographed this July. Please also check this link : > > > https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/16f131b0f92d3f7e/24efb43551c64d94?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Oroxylum+indicum+Neil+Soares.#24efb43551c64d94 > > Regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Thu, 8/4/11, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:75995] Oroxylum Indicum on the Gangetic Plains, > flowers fallen on a public footpath UD 08042011 001 > To: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 4:34 PM > > > Oh , yes, I know that, that's why I was sorry for myself that that guy came > out and shooed me away... I would have loved to hang around for a big nice > wind gust... the seeds would have spilled out .... I tried to argue with the > guy ... but its a military camp, I found out later... no arguing with > them... they have work to do... > > Usha di > ====== > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Neil Soares > <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > Nice photographs Dr. Usha ! Seeds are clearly seen [in 2 pods on the > left and one pod on the right] in the last photograph. > Regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Thu, 8/4/11, ushadi Micromini > <microminipho...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=microminipho...@gmail.com> > >* wrote: > > > From: ushadi Micromini > <microminipho...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=microminipho...@gmail.com> > > > Subject: [efloraofindia:75988] Oroxylum Indicum on the Gangetic Plains, > flowers fallen on a public footpath UD 08042011 001 > To: "efloraofindia" > <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 3:50 PM > > > Dear All: > I was given to understand that best Oroxylum indicum, or Shonyak of > Ayurvedic medicine comes from those growing at the Himalayan foothills, and > I did not expect them in gangetic plains. > > So I was very surprised when in peripheral vision out of running cab window > I spotted some sword- like pods, and on second look saw leaves similar those > on a 2 foot tall sapling I had seen in a herbal garden in Jamnagar about a > decade ago... here was a stand of Oroxylum indicum on the hot humid and > almost > at or even a foot or two below sea level Gangetic plains.... on the > northern fringes of Calcutta... > > I stopped and took some pictures, and picked up a fallen flower.... from > the PUBLIC sidewalk... > could not see or take pictures of the trunk or the bark etc....because of a > huge wall and could not pick up more of the fallen flowers because no > sooner had I picked up a flower and spread it open that a cycle riding > plains clothes person came and very authoritatively shooed me away.. saying > it was a restricted area.... I could not understand how can a public > footpath with two bus-stops within 50 feet of where I was standing be a > restricted area... > > Anyway, when I got home I had some dark and one acceptable picture of the > leaves...Pods had previously opened and most likely dispersed its seeds > away..the day before it had rained very heavily..... I did not see any on > the footpath below in that quick 2 minute sojourn... > > Details: *Oroxylum indicum* > Family: Bignoniaceae > Genus: Oroxylum > Species: * Oroxylum indicum* > Sanskrit : अरलु aralu, श्योनक shyonaka > Gujarati and Marathi : टा यिटू tayitu, टेटु tetu > Hindi: शल्लक shallaka > Santhal tribals call it: Rengebanam > > The open flower shows 5 stamens …. See recent other threads about > Shyonak/oroxylum indicum this week … > > *** Root bark and seeds are medicinal… > Root bark is an important constituent of Dashmool…. Very important in > normalizing the gut related immune functions and improving the health of GI > mucosa… normalizing it… many many more… recent research points to > possible anticancer properties of the kwath of dashmool and of the seeds… > much remains to study by astute modern clinicians…. > > Ushadi > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
