Kashmiri name ARKHOL On Friday, January 30, 2015 at 5:17:30 PM UTC+5:30 Ushadi wrote:
> thanks > now I remember > > yes I had always wondered if te chinese worker in the furniture factory > that uses this lacquer upto 30 coats to get that very durable shine ... > does he/they suffer from dermatitis or other disorders... > cant seem to get any papers from old chinese literature. > > may be they have self preserving techniques... or some thing to rub or > cover the hands/fingers with? > > usha di > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Ushadi >> I found out that I had uploaded this plant in 2012, and we had long >> discussion on this. >> The correct name according to the plant list is >> *Toxicodendron* *vernicifluum* (Stokes) F.A. Barkley >> >> Incidentally it is already on Flowers of India by me >> >> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Varnish%20Tree.html >> >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Ushadi for useful information. I would surely check for it here. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 10:46 PM, ushadi Micromini <micromi...@gmail.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you,Gurcharanji, these berries are different looking... >>>> these are separate, the bunch seems pointing towards the earth... >>>> as opposed to the poison sumac berry bunches seen in north america... >>>> not sure if it occurs in SF where you are right ow but if you go to the >>>> mountains or into oregon I have seen them... since they are weeds never >>>> took time to really photograph them... but being a keen botanist I am >>>> sure you'll spot them... very soon the leaves would change colors too... >>>> their berries individually are quite small... but tightly packed.. almost >>>> as tightly as millet or jowar is packed... >>>> >>>> still with the difference in berries... the leaves /twigs/juice behaved >>>> like a rhus anyway... family of allergenic plants... Lesson to learn. I >>>> did. Thanks >>>> Usha di >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ushadi >>>>> Luckily I have some photographs of drupe (not ripe though) taken last >>>>> year on July 30. This year I photographed flowers in May. >>>>> I am uploading the photographs of drupes. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 4:45 PM, ushadi Micromini < >>>>> micromi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Yes, this is Sumac.. Thnaks for the flower picture , I never went too >>>>>> near to look this closely, Hope you wer safe distance this time around. >>>>>> >>>>>> colloquially called Poison sumac... name implies stay away from its >>>>>> sap or the "oil" on the surface of the leaves...just like POiSON IVY and >>>>>> POISON OAK" in north america, grows in road sides where the disturbed >>>>>> soil >>>>>> is ... >>>>>> >>>>>> Usually all SUMACs do not grow as majestically tall or wide as the >>>>>> Ailanthus altissima... so once they are fully grown they can be >>>>>> distuinguished... and the sumac leaves also turn red before falling off >>>>>> in >>>>>> winter. >>>>>> >>>>>> DID you ever get to photograph their berries? >>>>>> >>>>>> USha di >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> *Rhus succedanea* var. *himalaica* Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:12. >>>>>>> 1876. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tree can be confused with Ailanthus altissima also growing commonly >>>>>>> in Kashmir valley, but can be differentiated by much thinner totally >>>>>>> entire >>>>>>> glabrous leaves (somewhat thicker, serrate and hairy beneath in A. >>>>>>> altissima), smaller flower and fruit being a small up to 1 cm long >>>>>>> drupe >>>>>>> (3-5 cm long samara in A. altissima). Deciduous tree with glabrous >>>>>>> branches; leaves up to 50 cm long, imparipinnate with 9-13 leaflets, >>>>>>> menbranous; flowers pale yellowish-white, in pubescent panicles shorter >>>>>>> than leaves; calyx lobes ovate-obtuse; petals pale yellowish-green; >>>>>>> styles >>>>>>> 3; fruit a drupe up to 8 mm broad, slightly longer, yellowish brown. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I was first introduced to this tree back in 1971 when returning >>>>>>> after a collection trip to Dachhigam sanctuary (my research area) I >>>>>>> rushed >>>>>>> to a doctor with lots of itching and blisters on my arms and hands. >>>>>>> Doctor >>>>>>> asked me if I had touched some new plant, and I got the answer. Juice >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> this plant (cut twigs in my case) can cause skin irritation. >>>>>>> Photographed from Dachhigam, Kashmir. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>>>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>>>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>>>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>>>>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>>>>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>>>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Usha di >>>>>> =========== >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- 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. 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