In Tamil Nadu the oil is not only used for lighting lamps but also used in treating skin diseases. The tree is a sacred tree and planted in temple premises (Shiva). A beautiful specimen tree is seen inside Mylapore temple ( Kapaleswarar koil), Chennai.
On Aug 31, 10:02 pm, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All including Giby ji and Satish ji : > In an ethnobotany course a few years ago, we were told by a visiting > professor (name forgotten) : > in the old days the seeds were collected by coastal village folks (read > women) and used for oil lamps.... > > recently saw conferences being advertised internationally about use of > Calophyllum inophyllum cultivation for profit for bio diesel industry .... > > so its old wisdom gathered by these women from their and their ancestors' > experiences and use of their innate intellect , wonder if anybody thought of > compensating them for their "patent" and "TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER" ? These > same farmers // poor folks are asked to fork over major money for hybrid or > "improved" seeds and pay for intellectual rights of MNC scientists !!!! > > Go figure... > Usha di
