Oroxylum indicum [Tetu] pods emerging

[Neil Soares]

Hi,  Thought this might be interesting. Photographed at my farm last Sunday....after successful pollination by bats....Tetu pods emerging.                     Regards,                       Neil Soares.

[Vijayasankar]

Very interesting! Looks like the bats have done their job even before the flowers open fully..! Or is it b'cos some other visitor found a short-cut route to rob the nectar?!!
Its nice to see the rising of new fruits. But few pedicels have lost their flowers...any idea why??

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Balkar Arya]

Nice pics Neil Ji

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Neil Soares]

Thanks Dr.Balkar & Dr.Vijayasankar,         The few pedicels which appear to have lost their flowers, had actually flowered, been pollinated, dropped off in the morning and were lying on the ground, but inadvertently forgot to photograph them.                           Regards,                            Neil Soares. --- On Sat, 8/13/11, Balkar Arya <balka...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Vijayasankar]

Thanks Dr. Neil for the response.
Just thought of sharing some facts...for those who may be interested...

* It is a monotypic genus (meaning...the genus Oroxylum is represented by only a single species in the world and it is O. indicum)
* It is a Red Listed Species (the species is facing risk owing to over-harvesting and habitat loss)
* Though distributed across India, it is sporadic in nature and only solitary or few trees seen here and there. but only recently we, from FRLHT, found a large population (in thousands :) in the central Indian region.
* we all know it is one of the ten ingredients (roots) in the 'dasamoola arishtam', an ayurvedic formulation.
* young pods are cooked and eaten as vegetable in Manipur (may be in other NE Indian states, too), and are sold in vegetable markets here...

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Ushadi micromini]

Young pods are eaten in SE Asia like Thailand too! !

AND NEIL: wonderful to see the steps in its life story

thanks for taking and sharing the pictures...

Usha di
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On Aug 13, 10:21 am, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Dr. Neil for the response.
> Just thought of sharing some facts...for those who may be interested...
>

> * It is a monotypic genus (meaning...the genus *Oroxylum *is represented by
> only a single species in the world and it is *O. indicum*)

> * It is a Red Listed Species (the species is facing risk owing to
> over-harvesting and habitat loss)
> * Though distributed across India, it is sporadic in nature and only
> solitary or few trees seen here and there. but only recently we, from FRLHT,
> found a large population (in thousands :) in the central Indian region.
> * we all know it is one of the ten ingredients (roots) in the 'dasamoola
> arishtam', an ayurvedic formulation.
> * young pods are cooked and eaten as vegetable in Manipur (may be in other
> NE Indian states, too), and are sold in vegetable markets here...
>
> Regards
>
> Vijayasankar Raman
> National Center for Natural Products Research
> University of Mississippi
>

> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> > Thanks Dr.Balkar & Dr.Vijayasankar,
> >         The few pedicels which appear to have lost their flowers, had
> > actually flowered, been pollinated, dropped off in the morning and were
> > lying on the ground, but inadvertently forgot to photograph them.
> >                           Regards,
> >                            Neil Soares.
>

> > --- On *Sat, 8/13/11, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>* wrote:

>
> > From: Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:76804] Oroxylum indicum [Tetu] pods emerging
> > To: "Vijayasankar" <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>
> > Cc: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>, indian...@googlegroups.com
> > Date: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 7:15 AM
>
> > Nice pics Neil Ji
>

> > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vijay.botan...@gmail.com>

> > > wrote:
>
> > Very interesting! Looks like the bats have done their job even before the
> > flowers open fully..! Or is it b'cos some other visitor found a short-cut
> > route to rob the nectar?!!
> > Its nice to see the rising of new fruits. But few pedicels have lost their
> > flowers...any idea why??
>
> > Regards
>
> > Vijayasankar Raman
> > National Center for Natural Products Research
> > University of Mississippi
>

> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>