Many thanks Balkar Sir and Vijayasankarji Regards
Prasad On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
