Poi is used in treatment of Pathri (Renal Calculi) in Traditional Healing. http://www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/62_pathri.html
[Same article with new comments, 2005 onwards, is available in Ecoport] Pankaj Oudhia On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > The correct botanical name is Basella alba var. rubra. The normal > white-flowered plant is Basella alba. There is a red-flowered and red- > stemmed variant of this plant, which you have photographed, called > Basella alba var. rubra. > It is commonly called Malabar Spinach. Is popular among Bengalis as > Poi shaak. > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Malabar%20Spinach.html > - Tabish > > On Oct 19, 4:16 pm, Chithra V <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry, one more question are rubra and alba one and the same - somehow I > > have been associating rubra with red and alba with white (wherever I have > > come across these names) > > Chithra > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
