I happened to do a lot of field work with my very dear friend Dr. Jana Sckornikova in central India, Jharkhand and Himalayas. I learnt a lot from her. There are certain characters which cant be seen with naked eyes and in such cases we need to use common sense. While working on Curcuma it was very difficult to distinguish species, and she told me that it can be done to some extent on the basis of presence and location of tiny hairs on the under surface of leaves. And the best way to check the hairs (which are not visible to eyes) is to rub the leaf surface on your tongue and you can feel the hairs. Because tongue is one of the most sensitive part of your body..... BUT YES, THIS MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE TO ALL PLANTS..... AS SOME MIGHT BE POISONOUS. Best regards Pankaj
On Thursday, 16 October 2014 21:03:16 UTC+8, ashwini wrote: > > This spinach like leaf is found here throughout the year. If I am not > mistaken this leaf is used as a pain reliever after a nettle sting. It > appears to be of dock family. Please help. > > Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP > 1750m > 16 October 14 > > Thanks. > Ashwini > -- 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/d/optout.
