No Dr Raju its not we are discussing almost fatal toxicity... sorry if our discussion was not explicit Usha di ===
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Datla CS Raju <[email protected]> wrote: > Phytolacca acinosa is much relished pot herb that Dr Srivastava my > associate and authorof a paper on this palnt used to get from sunday market > .It will be interesting if P.americanaa is also edible. > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 6:02 PM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Ritesh... >> >> I have never heard Veratrum sp called Indian Pokeweed... its a lily >> family member called Hellebore... native americans/ tribals used to treat >> high blood pressure with it.. but the therapy is apparently fraught with >> dangers and given up... (( so called Indian pokeweed is also a north >> american plant, a lily family, very different, very toxic...why is it >> called pokeweed I am not sure, ) ...livestock is known to die from >> foraging on the green new shoots of this lily plant... its very toxic... >> This lily grows in water logged soil, mostly in American northwest states .. >> >> WHERE AS Phytolaca grows often in well tended farmland and edges of >> gardens or rich yet disturbed lands, One variety is known to grow in >> marshes ... all over the country..... they have these very attractive >> blue-black small berries that children sometimes eat by mistake and get >> sick.... burns the mouth so luckily the children stop eating them... but >> in large doses is fatal... >> >> a lectin was discovered called the Pokeweed mitogen.... rest is history... >> >> Usha di >> ==== >> >> ps the green fruits in your pictures are unripe, when they ripen they >> turn blue black... look very juicy... >> == >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Ushadi for information! Thanks Balkar Sir and Prashant Sir for >>> liking the photographs. >>> >>> Learnt from the net about Indian Pokeweed (Veratrum viride >>> Aiton)...though never seen in the field. Requesting Ushadi to kindly >>> enlighten if Indian and American Pokeweeds resemble somehow in their >>> bio-activity. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ritesh. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> > -- Usha di ===========
