Thanks, Neil....please call me Usha...NO DR.... ha ha.. if you keep calling me Dr. Usha, I then have to call you Dr. Neil... that would go against my notions of fully operational democracy.... and I dont want to have to go against the grain....
NICE pictures... How I wish I could get my hands on a few hundred of these seeds... I want to try out some medicinal self experiment... Your pictures make it plain to see... I have seen them in the classes in Jamnagar... they are very light, have "wings" all around ... I do not know what the terminology of winged seeds is.... Usha di ======= On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Nice photographs Dr. Usha ! Seeds are clearly seen [in 2 pods on the left > and one pod on the right] in the last photograph. > Regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Thu, 8/4/11, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> > Subject: [efloraofindia:75988] Oroxylum Indicum on the Gangetic Plains, > flowers fallen on a public footpath UD 08042011 001 > To: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 3:50 PM > > > Dear All: > > I was given to understand that best Oroxylum indicum, or Shonyak of > Ayurvedic medicine comes from those growing at the Himalayan foothills, and > I did not expect them in gangetic plains. > > > > So I was very surprised when in peripheral vision out of running cab window > I spotted some sword- like pods, and on second look saw leaves similar those > on a 2 foot tall sapling I had seen in a herbal garden in Jamnagar about a > decade ago... here was a stand of Oroxylum indicum on the hot humid and > almost > at or even a foot or two below sea level Gangetic plains.... on the > northern fringes of Calcutta... > > > > I stopped and took some pictures, and picked up a fallen flower.... from > the PUBLIC sidewalk... > > could not see or take pictures of the trunk or the bark etc....because of a > huge wall and could not pick up more of the fallen flowers because no > sooner had I picked up a flower and spread it open that a cycle riding > plains clothes person came and very authoritatively shooed me away.. saying > it was a restricted area.... I could not understand how can a public > footpath with two bus-stops within 50 feet of where I was standing be a > restricted area... > > > > Anyway, when I got home I had some dark and one acceptable picture of the > leaves...Pods had previously opened and most likely dispersed its seeds > away..the day before it had rained very heavily..... I did not see any on > the footpath below in that quick 2 minute sojourn... > > > > Details: *Oroxylum indicum* > > Family: Bignoniaceae > > Genus: Oroxylum > > Species: * Oroxylum indicum* > > Sanskrit : अरलु aralu, श्योनक shyonaka > > Gujarati and Marathi : टा यिटू tayitu, टेटु tetu > > Hindi: शल्लक shallaka > > Santhal tribals call it: Rengebanam > > > > The open flower shows 5 stamens …. See recent other threads about > Shyonak/oroxylum indicum this week … > > > *** Root bark and seeds are medicinal… > > Root bark is an important constituent of Dashmool…. Very important in > normalizing the gut related immune functions and improving the health of GI > mucosa… normalizing it… many many more… recent research points to > possible anticancer properties of the kwath of dashmool and of the seeds… > much remains to study by astute modern clinicians…. > > > > Ushadi > >
