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Malabar chestnut The two colors flower variety Nuts would be small And the bigger than that they're not the edible variety
Quote from: Nyuu on February 21, 2021, 08:27:04 AMMalabar chestnut The two colors flower variety Nuts would be small And the bigger than that they're not the edible varietyAre you fruiting Malabar Chestnut in Lake Placid?
I also have one flower look like is one At least by what I was told supposedly not edible And the seeds look like is picture and only get a few seeds maybe six or seven per pod Hopefully somebody might know better thoughLast update for nowMalabar chestnut leavesSeedling malabar chestnut The leaves are the one that supposed to be not edible areI think you are confusing with the leaves of another plant Justice adhatoda aka Malabar nut. In the Western South Deccan it is called 'adasoge' and the leaves are used for medicinal purposes of chest ailments. It is grown wild on mud fences and empty land and the leaves are rarely eaten by the cattle as they are very bitter. I have seen hundreds of them with white flowers but never seen those so called 'Malabar nuts' on them! Malabar chestnut is a different plant indigenous to Northern part of tropical South America and rarely seen and known in the Indian continent. I was lucky enough to see one plant with those fruits and leaves seen as above and never seen the flowers. Never eaten it and was told it is poisonous to humans! East India Company sent many workers to Guyana plantations from India. Most of them from UP and Bihar Hindi speaking belt and few from Telugu and Tamil speaking workers from the then Madras Presidency. None from Malabar or Mysore. The name Malabar chestnut probably was mistakenly coined by the Colonial Brits in the 19th century and probably brought to India by one of the Colonials. I do not remember reading about this plant documentation in Dutch Governor Von Rheede's (late 1600s) Hortus Malabaricus pictorial volumes.
Quote from: Nyuu on February 21, 2021, 05:22:31 PMI also have one flower look like is one At least by what I was told supposedly not edible And the seeds look like is picture and only get a few seeds maybe six or seven per pod Hopefully somebody might know better thoughLast update for nowMalabar chestnut leavesSeedling malabar chestnut The leaves are the one that supposed to be not edible areI think you are confusing with the leaves of another plant Justice adhatoda aka Malabar nut. In the Western South Deccan it is called 'adasoge' and the leaves are used for medicinal purposes of chest ailments. It is grown wild on mud fences and empty land and the leaves are rarely eaten by the cattle as they are very bitter. I have seen hundreds of them with white flowers but never seen those so called 'Malabar nuts' on them! Malabar chestnut is a different plant indigenous to Northern part of tropical South America and rarely seen and known in the Indian continent. I was lucky enough to see one plant with those fruits and leaves seen as above and never seen the flowers. Never eaten it and was told it is poisonous to humans! East India Company sent many workers to Guyana plantations from India. Most of them from UP and Bihar Hindi speaking belt and few from Telugu and Tamil speaking workers from the then Madras Presidency. None from Malabar or Mysore. The name Malabar chestnut probably was mistakenly coined by the Colonial Brits in the 19th century and probably brought to India by one of the Colonials. I do not remember reading about this plant documentation in Dutch Governor Von Rheede's (late 1600s) Hortus Malabaricus pictorial volumes.
Quote from: Triphal on February 21, 2021, 10:59:38 PMQuote from: Nyuu on February 21, 2021, 05:22:31 PMI also have one flower look like is one At least by what I was told supposedly not edible And the seeds look like is picture and only get a few seeds maybe six or seven per pod Hopefully somebody might know better thoughLast update for nowMalabar chestnut leavesSeedling malabar chestnut The leaves are the one that supposed to be not edible areI think you are confusing with the leaves of another plant Justice adhatoda aka Malabar nut. In the Western South Deccan it is called 'adasoge' and the leaves are used for medicinal purposes of chest ailments. It is grown wild on mud fences and empty land and the leaves are rarely eaten by the cattle as they are very bitter. I have seen hundreds of them with white flowers but never seen those so called 'Malabar nuts' on them! Malabar chestnut is a different plant indigenous to Northern part of tropical South America and rarely seen and known in the Indian continent. I was lucky enough to see one plant with those fruits and leaves seen as above and never seen the flowers. Never eaten it and was told it is poisonous to humans! East India Company sent many workers to Guyana plantations from India. Most of them from UP and Bihar Hindi speaking belt and few from Telugu and Tamil speaking workers from the then Madras Presidency. None from Malabar or Mysore. The name Malabar chestnut probably was mistakenly coined by the Colonial Brits in the 19th century and probably brought to India by one of the Colonials. I do not remember reading about this plant documentation in Dutch Governor Von Rheede's (late 1600s) Hortus Malabaricus pictorial volumes.http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Justicia+adhatodaJusticia adhatoda the whole tree doesn't look similar to the one I have . Justicia adhatodaHas a simple leaf and flower structure completely differentI got flowers and nuts off of my tree so I know it's a specie of money tree / pachira
Quote from: Nyuu on February 22, 2021, 07:32:33 AMQuote from: Triphal on February 21, 2021, 10:59:38 PMQuote from: Nyuu on February 21, 2021, 05:22:31 PMI also have one flower look like is one At least by what I was told supposedly not edible And the seeds look like is picture and only get a few seeds maybe six or seven per pod Hopefully somebody might know better thoughLast update for nowMalabar chestnut leavesSeedling malabar chestnut The leaves are the one that supposed to be not edible areI think you are confusing with the leaves of another plant Justice adhatoda aka Malabar nut. In the Western South Deccan it is called 'adasoge' and the leaves are used for medicinal purposes of chest ailments. It is grown wild on mud fences and empty land and the leaves are rarely eaten by the cattle as they are very bitter. I have seen hundreds of them with white flowers but never seen those so called 'Malabar nuts' on them! Malabar chestnut is a different plant indigenous to Northern part of tropical South America and rarely seen and known in the Indian continent. I was lucky enough to see one plant with those fruits and leaves seen as above and never seen the flowers. Never eaten it and was told it is poisonous to humans! East India Company sent many workers to Guyana plantations from India. Most of them from UP and Bihar Hindi speaking belt and few from Telugu and Tamil speaking workers from the then Madras Presidency. None from Malabar or Mysore. The name Malabar chestnut probably was mistakenly coined by the Colonial Brits in the 19th century and probably brought to India by one of the Colonials. I do not remember reading about this plant documentation in Dutch Governor Von Rheede's (late 1600s) Hortus Malabaricus pictorial volumes.http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Justicia+adhatodaJusticia adhatoda the whole tree doesn't look similar to the one I have . Justicia adhatodaHas a simple leaf and flower structure completely differentI got flowers and nuts off of my tree so I know it's a specie of money tree / pachiraThat is exactly what I was saying since this blog ID came up on February 20th. I was the first one to reply this the same day! Thanks for supporting my view the next day February 21st and after19 hours of my posting. Since I have personally seen both of them and knew these plant's taxonomy and uses for more than 7 decades I was only differentiating the confusing names of the two :MALABAR CHESTNUT VS MALABAR NUT. Any part of the Malabar Nut aka 'adasoge' is not edible nor consumed but only used in local Ayurvedic and Unani medicine. The confusing so called 'Malabar Chestnut' is a misnomer as the plant was brought by the Colonials probably after the 18th century.