Flora of Haryana: Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch from CCSHAU Campus Hisar
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Balkar Singh
Dec 25, 2011, 9:23:05 PM12/25/11
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Dear All
Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch from CCSHAU Campus Hisar
family Euphorbiaceae
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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964
Mahadeswara
Dec 26, 2011, 12:41:37 AM12/26/11
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Common name christmas plant.
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Balkar Singh
Dec 26, 2011, 12:53:01 AM12/26/11
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Thanks Swamy Ji i was not aware of this common name
Ushadi micromini
Dec 26, 2011, 2:05:03 AM12/26/11
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Balkarji :
Not officially called the x'mas plant, but yes it does bloom at x'mas
time as the day gets shorter and nites longer and darker... and we buy
them to decorate homes, hallways , offices, churches etc this time of
the year...
The colloqiual name is POINSETTIA...
Difficult to get them to bloom a second time around, I discovered that
the trick is to cover them at nite if living in a city with high
ambient light from streets etc... to get them to bloom... and in nov
with chill in the air... it begins to develop the bracts...
Native of central americas including Mexico, it got adapted for the
red colored bracts by a nursery man in california who almost
singlehandedly made it popular in this century with new fangled
techniques of mass horticulture then prevalent in the 1920s...and his
family had a monopoly on its production where millions of pots would
all bloom just in time for xmas gift giving and decorating...
originally he planted in california fields which later got sold and
developed in to what is now known as HOLLYWOOD...
but do you know the source of his plants from which he started the
nursery business of this red plants?
They were growing neglected on the roadsides in california, from
earlier stocks introduced in USA by the ambassador Poinsett when he
was posted in Mexico in 1800s and brought to plant in his own fields
and give gifts to family and associates.. ( he was a fascinating
persona .. he founded what would later come to be known as Smithsonian
institution), so we commemorate him on December 10th or 12th by naming
it Poisettia day...that's when the nursery trade used to start selling
the red bracts plants...
now we have several shades of red, white, pink, blue (?even, can you
imagine it?) and some people sell sprayed them with
sparkles...phew!!!! and no specific dates, we can even get them in
summer if we looked hard enough....
The latex of this euphorbia is toxic, causes dermatitis in the nursery
trade and others unwise to cut the plants and get the latex on skin
repeatedly without gloves on...
the flower/leaf extract is mildly antibacterial... my Filipino
friends tell me villagers use it as a cathartic and for skin
eruptions!!! go figure...
Usha di
==============
PS obviously planted in the Bot garden, are they studying it for its
medicinal properties????
=================
Not officially called the x'mas plant, but yes it does bloom at x'mas
time as the day gets shorter and nites longer and darker... and we buy
them to decorate homes, hallways , offices, churches etc this time of
the year...
The colloqiual name is POINSETTIA...
Difficult to get them to bloom a second time around, I discovered that
the trick is to cover them at nite if living in a city with high
ambient light from streets etc... to get them to bloom... and in nov
with chill in the air... it begins to develop the bracts...
Native of central americas including Mexico, it got adapted for the
red colored bracts by a nursery man in california who almost
singlehandedly made it popular in this century with new fangled
techniques of mass horticulture then prevalent in the 1920s...and his
family had a monopoly on its production where millions of pots would
all bloom just in time for xmas gift giving and decorating...
originally he planted in california fields which later got sold and
developed in to what is now known as HOLLYWOOD...
but do you know the source of his plants from which he started the
nursery business of this red plants?
They were growing neglected on the roadsides in california, from
earlier stocks introduced in USA by the ambassador Poinsett when he
was posted in Mexico in 1800s and brought to plant in his own fields
and give gifts to family and associates.. ( he was a fascinating
persona .. he founded what would later come to be known as Smithsonian
institution), so we commemorate him on December 10th or 12th by naming
it Poisettia day...that's when the nursery trade used to start selling
the red bracts plants...
now we have several shades of red, white, pink, blue (?even, can you
imagine it?) and some people sell sprayed them with
sparkles...phew!!!! and no specific dates, we can even get them in
summer if we looked hard enough....
The latex of this euphorbia is toxic, causes dermatitis in the nursery
trade and others unwise to cut the plants and get the latex on skin
repeatedly without gloves on...
the flower/leaf extract is mildly antibacterial... my Filipino
friends tell me villagers use it as a cathartic and for skin
eruptions!!! go figure...
Usha di
==============
PS obviously planted in the Bot garden, are they studying it for its
medicinal properties????
=================
Balkar Singh
Dec 26, 2011, 2:52:46 AM12/26/11
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Thanks Mam for detailed info
Neha Singh
Dec 26, 2011, 3:24:43 AM12/26/11
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Such interesting info Usha di....thanks.
Regards
Neha S
Regards
Neha S
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