Any one knows more about the magical tree (called " Analivega Patta"
,I don't know its botanical name ) found in the forests of southern
India ?
Snakes which come under this tree are paralyzed instantly and will be
dead within minutes.... according to The Hindu newspaper.
The bark of this tree is a powerful antivenom,when crushed and taken
along with water.
This magical power was noticed by some tribes when they saw the
skeletons of snake accumulated under the tree !

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(Jean) wrote:
Any one knows more about the magical tree (called " Analivega Patta"
,I don't know its botanical name ) found in the forests of southern
India ?
Snakes which come under this tree are paralyzed instantly and will be
dead within minutes.... according to The Hindu newspaper.
The bark of this tree is a powerful antivenom,when crushed and taken
along with water.
This magical power was noticed by some tribes when they saw the
skeletons of snake accumulated under the tree !

Have you asked in sci.bio.botany ?

(Or, perhaps, alt.astrology&pyramids

Addendum: A quick google turned up just one link! (Time to buy a
lotto ticket! It was to the article you saw in _The Hindu_ at
http://www.thehindu.com/2003/05/13/s...1300200500.htm
(I couldn't get to the page directly from the Google link, but a
copy/paste of the URL from the cached version got there okay, YMMV.)

The bit I really liked about the tree as described was this:

quoting
However, the tree is very rare within the jungle. The tribals say they
know the location of 20 such trees within this forest area and these
trees stand quite far away from one another. This again is a
calculative handiwork of the Nature. If there had been too many
'Analivega patta' trees in the forest it would result in the
extinction of venomous snakes in the forest.
/quoting

Ahh... The wisdom of Gaia. ;-)
http://www.gaia.org/


Cheers, Phred.

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LID