311011PD01 Olax scandens Flora of Orissa

prasad dash

unread,

Oct 31, 2011, 3:30:17 AM10/31/11

to Indiantreepix

Dear members sharing another wild edible fruit plant Olax scandens

Name of the species: Olax scandens

Family: Olaceae

Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa

Altitude: 200 m above msl

Habit: Shrub

Habitat: Wild, Dry deciduous to moist deciduous forests

Description: Scandent shrub, up to 5 m high, leaf simple, alternate, oblong-lanceolate, inflorescence in axillary racemose panicle, flowers white, fruit drupaceous, ovoid.

Uses: The fresh young leaves are cooked as leafy vegetable and also chewed during mouth ulcer and the fruit is edible when ripe. Apart from this there are many other medicinal uses of this plant reported from this region.

Regards

Prasad

--
Prasad Kumar Dash
Ecologist, Orissa, India
email: prasad....@gmail.com
ph. 09437444241

Olax leaves.jpg

olax scandens fruit 2.jpg

olax scandens fruit.jpg

olax scandens fruit 1.jpg

Vijayasankar

unread,

Nov 1, 2011, 2:13:40 AM11/1/11

to prasad dash, Indiantreepix

Nice pictures, Prasad ji.

Regards

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

Balkar Singh

unread,

Nov 1, 2011, 11:35:15 AM11/1/11

to Vijayasankar, prasad dash, Indiantreepix

Lovely Fruits!!

--
Regards

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

prasad dash

unread,

Nov 2, 2011, 1:57:14 AM11/2/11

to Balkar Singh, Vijayasankar, Indiantreepix

Many thanks Balkar Sir and Vijayasankarji

Regards

Prasad

Satish Phadke

unread,

Nov 2, 2011, 6:27:50 AM11/2/11

to prasad dash, Indiantreepix

Good to see this new plant

--
Dr Satish Phadke

prasad dash

unread,

Nov 2, 2011, 6:29:02 AM11/2/11

to Satish Phadke, Indiantreepix

Thanks Satishji

Regards

Prasad

Muthu Karthick, N

unread,

Jan 8, 2013, 1:00:22 AM1/8/13

to indian...@googlegroups.com

How to differentiate this from O. imbricata?

Reply all

Reply to author

Forward