Sir, I chewed and tasted leave extract but didn't gulp it!
The funnier part of this experiment was that my students were thinking if their sir had gone mad! Two or three of them even dared to murmur, "Sir! are you trying to work out how cows feel like while grazing?" However, somewhere i read that cows do not like this plant for its pungent odour. Regards, Surajit On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: > Surajit ji, be careful in future while chewing any leaf. Hoping that you > have not chewed it in amount that can result in Toxicity. Here is link for > Persicaria orientalis toxicity. > > http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Polygonum > > If you have any problem due to it, please write back to me for herbal > antidotes. > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:27 PM, surajit koley < > surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> There is *no 'pepper'* in *Persicaria orientalis* (L.) leaves, at least, >> in this season of the year. >> >> I have tasted bits of leaves from three plants, each leaf being of >> different stage of maturity. All are bitter tasted *without a faint hint >> of any peppery smell*. >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < >> ritesh....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Gurucharan sir, Surajit ji and Usha di for your response. >>> >>> Ushadi, I think you too are talking about Persicaria hydropiper. >>> >>> Pl check the following link and let me know if it is the same plant you >>> are talking about. >>> http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Poly_hyd.html >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Ritesh. >>> >>>> >> >
