Lovely Fruits!! On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote:
> Nice pictures, Prasad ji. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 2:30 AM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear members sharing another wild edible fruit plant *Olax scandens* >> >> Name of the species: Olax scandens >> Family: Olaceae >> Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa >> Altitude: 200 m above msl >> Habit: Shrub >> Habitat: Wild, Dry deciduous to moist deciduous forests >> Description: Scandent shrub, up to 5 m high, leaf simple, alternate, >> oblong-lanceolate, inflorescence in axillary racemose panicle, flowers >> white, fruit drupaceous, ovoid. >> >> Uses: The fresh young leaves are cooked as leafy vegetable and also >> chewed during mouth ulcer and the fruit is edible when ripe. Apart from >> this there are many other medicinal uses of this plant reported from this >> region. >> >> Regards >> >> Prasad >> >> >> -- >> Prasad Kumar Dash >> Ecologist, Orissa, India >> email: [email protected] >> ph. 09437444241 >> > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
