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---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Rajendra Kshirsagar <[email protected]> Date: Monday, July 23, 2012 at 11:33:19 AM UTC+5:45 Subject: Re: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week: Conium maculatum from Kashmir To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Dear Sir, Thanks a lot for below information. Recently i collected this plant from Mahabaleswhar (weighing 2 kg aerial parts for some research work). I was not aware of the properties of this plant. I will caution our people while they work on this plant. Thanks once again, Rgds, Rajendra Kshirsagar On Tuesday, August 2, 2011 8:43:49 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: *Conium maculatum* Linn., Sp. Pl. 243. 1753 syn: *Cicuta* *officinalis* Crantz; *Coriandrum* *maculatum* (L.) Roth; *Coriandrum* *cicuta* Crantz Common name: Poison hemlock Vernacular: Morkach Tall herbaceous plant often reaching 3 m in height; leaves bipinnate with deeply serrate segments; involucre with minute bracts; rays 8-20; involucel of of 3-5 bracts, 1-2 mm long; flowers white, pedicels 2-3 times longer; fruit broadly ovoid 2-3 mm long, with prominent obtuse undulates ridges. A highly poisonous plant, common in wastelands in Kashmir especially at lower altitudes. In ancient Greek it was used to poison convicts, the most famous victim being Socrates. He was given Poison hemlock after being condemned to death forimpiety <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impiety> in 399 BC -- 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/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/8d77508e-0a68-480d-96bc-efa186cfe14cn%40googlegroups.com.
