aaaah! thank you ... i had been reading something about famine foods in the tropics... and I think this plant was included ... so ... I wanted to know if it would be really something that a hungry person (weak from famine) be willing to dig...
because the similar papers also mentioned the "knots" that form in bermuda grass as famine foods... and tubers of quisqualis... the latter I had dug up from my own potted quisquallis in my balcony in ny... looked like the red sweet potatoe we have in india.. its said to survive forest fires and be available to animals and man if they need them for sustenanace... and to the plants to regenerate from in case of seeds being burned.... another that comes to mind is jerusalem artichoke... so on and so forth... thank you again for indulging my request... I 'll ask your permission to use it if I write up about the famine foods... but thats in a few months in the future... right now I have two exams coming up... Thanks again.. Usha di =========== On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks Prasad ji for the useful info. > Ushadi, finally I could 'locate' the pictures of tubers. These pictures > were taken by Dr. Ravikumar (FRLHT) during our visit to Rayagada in 2005. > T. pinnatifida is a synonym of T. leontopetaloides. > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 9:31 AM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Mr Prasad...thanks >> >> I did not have doubts... >> >> I was asking Vijashakar ji if he took any pictures of the tubers... >> I am still waiting to hear from you... >> Usha di >> ========= >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 11:52 AM, prasad dash >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thanks Vijayasankar Ji. Really I did not Know that you have already >>> visited Rayagada. Yes the tubers are edible in Ranpur, but only for >>> medicinal purposes. The tubers are one of the key ingradient in preparing >>> many herbal medicines. I think this information may clear your doubts >>> Ushamam. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Prasad >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Ushadi micromini < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> @ DR Raman: do you have pictures of the tubers? >>>> >>>> @ Dr. Satish : yes, the whiskers above the drooping fruits look like >>>> persistent flower part... have seen it in some clerodendrons and some >>>> other houseplants, cant remember all the names, as I come across, may >>>> be will post them..and the brown somewhat triangulars seem to be dried >>>> out flower buds? may be... Mr Dash can tell us... >>>> >>>> Mr. Dash: Nice picture by the way... >>>> >>>> Usha di >>>> ====== >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 4, 7:36 pm, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Prasad ji, are the tubers edible? they just look like potato. we >>>> collected >>>> > this also from Rayagada :) >>>> > >>>> > Regards >>>> > >>>> > Vijayasankar Raman >>>> > National Center for Natural Products Research >>>> > University of Mississippi >>>> > >>>> > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:50 AM, prasad dash < >>>> [email protected]>wrote: >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > Thanks Satish ji. Yes these are fruits >>>> > >>>> > > Regards >>>> > >>>> > > prasad >>>> > >>>> > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Giby Kuriakose < >>>> [email protected]>wrote: >>>> > >>>> > >> These are fruits >>>> > >>>> > >> Regards >>>> > >> Giby >>>> > >>>> > >> On 3 November 2011 20:01, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > >>> Interesting plant.. >>>> > >>> Are these flowers or fruits with some persistent flower parts? >>>> > >>>> > >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:36 PM, prasad dash < >>>> [email protected]>wrote: >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Dear members sharing the images of *Tacca leontopetaloides*. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Name of the species: *Tacca leontopetaloides* >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Family: Taccaceae >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Altitude: 340 m above msl >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Habit: Herb >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Habitat: Moist deciduous to semi-evergreen forests >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Uses: A critically dependent medicinal plant used as am >>>> ingredient in >>>> > >>>> preparing several other medicines. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- >>>> > >>>> Prasad Kumar Dash >>>> > >>>> Ecologist, Orissa, India >>>> > >>>> email: [email protected] >>>> > >>>> ph. 09437444241 >>>> > >>>> > >>> -- >>>> > >>> Dr Satish Phadke >>>> > >>>> > >> -- >>>> > >> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD >>>> > >> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), >>>> > >> Royal Enclave, >>>> > >> Jakkur Post, Srirampura >>>> > >> Bangalore- 560064 >>>> > >> India >>>> > >> Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) >>>> > >> visit my pictures @http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >>>> > >>>> > > -- >>>> > > Prasad Kumar Dash >>>> > > Ecologist, Orissa, India >>>> > > email: [email protected] >>>> > > ph. 09437444241 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Prasad Kumar Dash >>> Ecologist, Orissa, India >>> email: [email protected] >>> ph. 09437444241 >>> >> >> >
