Dr Raju... could tell us about this paper, or do you have a copy? and where did this Dr Srivastava get it from the market... what town, provine and what years...
Thanks Usha di == On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 7:41 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 > =========== > > -- Usha di ===========
