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Thiruvengadam Ekambaram
Aug 19, 2010, 6:01:14 AM8/19/10
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I took this flower pictures in Mana. Uttarakhand
Date/Time-14.7.10 ----6.53 a.m
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- --- Mana
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- ----wild
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- --- Plant
Height/Length- -----around 0.75me
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size -------as seen in the picture
Inflorescence Type/ Size-
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- ---- Size 3to4 inch,as seen in the picture
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-
Please give ID
With Warm Regards,
I took this flower pictures in Mana. Uttarakhand
Date/Time-14.7.10 ----6.53 a.m
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- --- Mana
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- ----wild
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- --- Plant
Height/Length- -----around 0.75me
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size -------as seen in the picture
Inflorescence Type/ Size-
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- ---- Size 3to4 inch,as seen in the picture
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-
Please give ID
With Warm Regards,
E.Thiruvengadam
Mobile 09987886892
Chembur, Mumbai - 400074
Gurcharan Singh
Aug 19, 2010, 7:06:07 AM8/19/10
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Datura stramonium, I suppose
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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
tanay bose
Aug 19, 2010, 9:03:35 AM8/19/10
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I too think this is Datura stramonium
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Tanay Bose
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mani nair
Aug 20, 2010, 3:30:11 AM8/20/10
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I also think this is Datura. In our place devotees offer the fruits of this plant to Lord Shiva. We find lots of fruits for sale on Mondays near Shiva Temples.
Regards.
Mani.
Dinesh Valke
Aug 20, 2010, 3:50:45 AM8/20/10
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... Mani ji, have been considering the fruits of Datura to be poisonous ... are they sold for some different purpose ?
Regards.
Regards.
Gurcharan Singh
Aug 20, 2010, 6:16:40 AM8/20/10
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Yes Dinesh ji. The seeds from the plant are highly poisonous and often employed in homicidal purposes (this my book from CSIR writes). Leaves and flowering tops constitute drug stramonium (hyoscyamine the active principle) used as narcotic, antispasmodic and anodyne. Chief ingredient of Kanaka Asva.
Local names
English: Jimson weed, Stink weed, Mad apple, Thorn apple, Stramonium
Hindi, Beng. Guj.& Mah: Dhatura
Tel., Tam., Kan., & Mal: Ummatta
Sans: Dhatturra, Unmatta, Kanaka, Shivapriya
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mani nair
Aug 20, 2010, 6:27:31 AM8/20/10
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Yes, I have seen the fruits for sale near Dadar (W) foot path and near Shiva temples.
The devotees offer it to Lord Shiva. I also think it is poisonos.
Regards,
Mani.
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
promila chaturvedi
Aug 20, 2010, 9:27:21 AM8/20/10
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