Fw: Re: OROXYLUM INDICUM

[Col Bimal Sarkar]

There are some interesting input from Dr ApDas.You may like to go through. Regards Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar Mobile: 9434194942 --- On Wed, 8/24/11, A P DAS <apda...@gmail.com> wrote: From: A P DAS <apda...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: OROXYLUM INDICUM To: "Col Bimal Sarkar" <colbima...@yahoo.com> Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 3:52 AM Dear Col. Sarkar, GOOD MORNING!! Oroxylum indicum is known as TOTOLA in Nepalese language. It is highly religious for Buddhists. Making most religious KHADA, page marking of Buddhists literature, religious decoration etc all are done by its white papery seeds. Its flowers are quite tasty when fried. Flowers are also liked by rhinos. However, the plant is also having some medicinal properties!!!! Regards A.P. DAS On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Col Bimal Sarkar <colbima...@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Friend,                    In 1967 while coming back from Sikkim to Darjeeling,we stopped at the bridge on river Teesta.While walking on the road I picked up a trasparent papery substance and  asked a local person about the identity of the substance.He told me that it is known as CHAMPA . In 1983 Mr Kharto ( Tibetan instructor ) wanted to know about the tree known as CHAMPA to the BHUDDHISTS .I could not enlighten him as to me CHAMA was Michelia champaca.It was in Udhampur(1998),I opened a dry pod of Oroxylum indicum and saw the papery seeds inside I understood what CHAMPA means to a BUDDHIST.My friend Sonam told me that Bhuddhist use the pods and the seeds in worship of Buddha.This tree is very common at this place.It is known as Ullu in Hindi and Sona in Bangla.           This is what S venkatesh tells about the tree,                       " The tree is conspicuous in the forest when it bears its scabbard-like fruits which breaks open to release its flat,papery and winged seeds."         Some of you may not like to receive the images I post.Please feel fre e to let me know so that I may not burden you with these. Regards Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar Mobile: 9434194942

[Ushadi micromini]

Respected Bimalda... nice to know rhinos like the flowers.... very
interesting, please thank your friend....

Please convey to your friend that ... not some (I quote him: "
having some medicinal properties!!!! " end quote) ...
BUT sona... or shonyak has medicinal properties of TREMENDOUS
medicinal value, and is highly esteemed member of DASHMOOLA that
normalizes gut immune reactions, detoxifies it, helps repair the gut
lining... very important function that protects the rest of the body
from inflammatory mediators in blood, reaching the lungs, heart brain
etc where inflammatory mediators can precipitate attacks of all
sorts....
Roots are used, and indiscriminate harvesting denudes the forest of
SONA trees....

That's why wild crafting has almost decimated the population... am not
sure if its on the red list yet....

perhaps DR Vijayashankar Raman or Dr. Oudhia may know...


Usha di
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On Aug 27, 6:21 pm, Col Bimal Sarkar <colbimalsar...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> There are some interesting input from Dr ApDas.You may like to go through.
>
> Regards
> Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar
> Mobile: 9434194942
>

> --- On Wed, 8/24/11, A P DAS <apdas....@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> From: A P DAS <apdas....@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: OROXYLUM INDICUM
> To: "Col Bimal Sarkar" <colbimalsar...@yahoo.com>
> Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 3:52 AM
>
> Dear Col. Sarkar,
> GOOD MORNING!!
> Oroxylum indicum is known as TOTOLA in Nepalese language. It is highly religious for Buddhists. Making most religious KHADA, page marking of Buddhists literature, religious decoration etc all are done by its white papery seeds. Its flowers are quite tasty when fried. Flowers are also liked by rhinos. However, the plant is also having some medicinal properties!!!!
> Regards
> A.P. DAS
>

[promila chaturvedi]

Col.Sarkar,

It is an interesting piece  of information. Please do not discontinue.

Promila

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

Dr. A.P.Das is one of the leadng taxonomists of India from North
Bengal University. We should invite him to be a part of this group.
Pankaj

On Aug 28, 6:31 pm, promila chaturvedi

[ushadi Micromini]

Prakash be right... I have seen some paper by AP DAS about tissue culture propagation of some orchids....

usha di

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[Pankaj Kumar]

I know him personally very well if Prakash was for me :). But never
heard of him undertaking any tissue culture studies. May be he is
collaborating with someone. Among Indian Botanists he is famous as a
Taxonomist and has great knowledge about plants of India, especially
of the North East.
Pankaj

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[ushadi Micromini]

Yes I meant you Pankaj,  sorry I typed wrong...  I must have been distracted ....
I had read some papers on tissue culture in Bengal for a synopsis I wrote for a local organization   ..... and remember that and his name  after you mentioned the fact...

OR may be there several AP DAS in North Bengal University  Botany  dept...
live have so many Usha desai in eflora...

happens...
Usha di
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[Pankaj Kumar]

:) may be. No issues here.
Regards
Pankaj

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:46 PM, ushadi Micromini

[raju das]

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From: raju das <dasr...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: OROXYLUM INDICUM
To: dasr...@gmail.com

Dear Bimalji,

Thank you so much for this interesting piece  of information. During a field trip I have too noticed about the use of winged seed and pods by GURUNG (Nepali) community in their ritual. So attached few pics from my file. Regarding Dr A P Das Sir, my feeling is that he is one of the finest taxonomist of eastern Himalayan region. He is the founder member of EAST HIMALAYAN SOCIETY FOR SPERMATOPHYTE TAXONOMY (EHSST) and chief editor of the journal PLEIONE.  

 

Regards,

Raju Das

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:59 PM, raju <dasr...@gmail.com> wrote:

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From: Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 28, 11:19 pm
Subject: Fw: Re: OROXYLUM INDICUM
To: efloraofindia


:) may be. No issues here.
Regards
Pankaj

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:46 PM, ushadi Micromini





<microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes I meant you Pankaj,  sorry I typed wrong...  I must have been distracted
> ....
> I had read some papers on tissue culture in Bengal for a synopsis I wrote
> for a local organization   ..... and remember that and his name  after you
> mentioned the fact...

> OR may be there several AP DAS in North Bengal University  Botany  dept...
> live have so many Usha desai in eflora...

> happens...
> Usha di
> ===

> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>

> wrote:

>> I know him personally very well if Prakash was for me :). But never
>> heard of him undertaking any tissue culture studies. May be he is
>> collaborating with someone. Among Indian Botanists he is famous as a
>> Taxonomist and has great knowledge about plants of India, especially
>> of the North East.
>> Pankaj

>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 11:04 PM, ushadi Micromini
>> <microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Prakash be right... I have seen some paper by AP DAS about tissue
>> > culture
>> > propagation of some orchids....

>> > usha di

>> > ====

>> > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar

>> > <sahanipan...@gmail.com>

>> > wrote:

>> >> Dr. A.P.Das is one of the leadng taxonomists of India from North
>> >> Bengal University. We should invite him to be a part of this group.
>> >> Pankaj

>> >> On Aug 28, 6:31 pm, promila chaturvedi

>> >> <thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Col.Sarkar,
>> >> > It is an interesting piece  of information. Please do not
>> >> > discontinue.
>> >> > Promila

>> >> > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Ushadi micromini <

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