Glassy Tiger (Parantica aglea)- Plant for Id 050408JM1

[J.M. Garg]

On 16/3/08 at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal.
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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Sanal ji for Id. Forwarding pl.

Here is a link to Heliotropium indicum  http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HEIN
 

The name "heliotrope" derives from the fact that these plants turn their leaves to the sun. Helios is Greek for "sun", tropein means "to turn". The old English name "turnsole" has the same etymology.

Danainae butterflies like to visit these plants. One reason is to drink the sap which renders the butterflies noxious to predators. Some species collect olfactory compounds to produce a kind of "perfume" to attract mates. Caterpillars of the Grass Jewel (Freyeria trochylus), a gossamer-winged butterfly, feed on H. strigosum.

Several heliotropes are popular garden plants, most notably Garden Heliotrope (H. arborescens). Some species are weeds and many are hepatotoxic if eaten in large quantities due to abundant pyrrolizidine alkaloids. The sap of heliotrope flowers, namely of European Heliotrope (H. europaeum), was used as a food coloring in Middle Ages and Early Modern French cuisine.

The above inf. taken from Wikipedia link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliotropium

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From: sanal nair <sanalna...@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 5, 2008 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Indiantreepix] Glassy Tiger (Parantica aglea)- Plant for Id 050408JM1
To: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

Hi Garg,
          The plant in picture is Heliotropium indicum or the Indian Turn sole.

                    Regards,

                      Sanal nair

[sibda...@gmail.com]

The plant Heliotropium indicum is known in Bengali as Hatisurh, as the
inflorescence resembles the trunk of an elephant. The plant resemles
the very well known flower, Forget me not, Myosetes alpina, which can
also be found in the Himalayas- Sibdas Ghosh

On Apr 5, 7:26 am, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 16/3/08 at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal.
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> With regards,
> J.M.Garg
> "We often ignore the beauty around us"
> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group

> (Indiantreepix)http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en

> For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Lanscape pictures etc., visithttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg
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[DEBASISH JOARDAR]

Dear Gargji,

Last year I had posted Heliotropium and some interesting facts of
Tiger butterfly.

Kindly check it again.

Regards,

Debasish

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[J.M. Garg]

Here is the earlier link on Indiantreepix:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/33379b1c2deb6566/0a1b15024ee3f63c?lnk=gst&q=Heliotropium#0a1b15024ee3f63c

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[satish phadke]

Heliotropium indicum is a member of Boraginaceae family.
Please refer to my family of this week. A lot of butterflies are attracted to it.
Satish

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