A reply:
"I gave considerable detail about edible ferns, mainly Diplazium in
"Taxonomic Revision of Three Hundred Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes
with a revised Census List" (2008: 290-312) [Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal
Singh, Dehra Dun].
The name in eastern Nepali is Ningro, not Ningra, but in Western Nepali,
from Kathmandu westwards, it is Niuro (from Niureko, bent or curled) - and
is widely eaten throughout the area (including by us at home in Kathmandu!)
as a very nice Asparagus-like vegetable. The species represented is not D.
esculentum ("Shraunre Ningro"), but very probably D. maximum ("Dhaunte
Ningro"), the former "D. polypodioides" of the West Himalaya, which is a
much better quality vegetable than D. esculentum, with thicker croziers and
a better taste. In Nepal it is chopped up, but personally I like to eat it
European style, as for asparagus, by holding the whole crozier at the base
and eating down from the tip to the point where the base becomes harder.
The photo doesn't really show what is needed for a precise identification,
though, as one needs to see the scales at the base of the stipe to identify
Diplazium species - they are linear in D. maximum, though when prepared in
bundles the shop-keepers usually rub most scales off. But I see that there
appear to be yellow lines up the side of the stipe - and this gives the
possibility that it might otherwise be D. laxifrons. If so then there are
very few, and adpressed, ovate scales at the stipe-base. Both are eaten.
So, as far as it is possible to go from this photo, it is either D. maximum
or D. laxifrons, but is actually not D. esculentum.
Best wishes,
Chris F.-J., Kathmandu."On 13 June 2013 20:25, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > It is a Fern, Diplazium sps. , probably Diplazium esculentum. > -- > *Vijayadas > **Trivandrum* > *Kerala* > > efi page on Diplazium > esculentum<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species--ferns/m---z/w/woodsiaceae/diplazium/diplazium-esculentum> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pravin Kawale <kawale.pra...@gmail.com> > Date: 7 June 2013 10:51 > Subject: [efloraofindia:156890] ID Please > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Id Please > A vegetable known as Ningra( Local name in Gangtok,Sikkim) > 20 May,2013 > Thanks in advance > > > > DSC05876.JPG > DSC05877.JPG > > These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. > Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2110 members & > 1,56,000 messages on 31/5/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2110 members & 1,56,000 messages on 31/5/13) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 8500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
