Preeti ji, it would be useful if you could locate plant from which the roots are obtained, because roots of Yucca sold here in USA look much similar.
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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Santhan P <[email protected]> wrote: > It is the tuber of cultivated Dioscorea sp. In south also it is available. > Usually during winter it will be uprooted, the skin is scrapped carefully ( > because it causes itching) then cooked, the milky white tuber slices will > be very tasty, some people add sugar, milk and ghee to it. About 4 > cultivars are available. > > > On Friday, June 20, 2014 12:52:56 PM UTC+5:30, Preeti Kamboj wrote: >> >> It is a variety of tuber consumed by the Santhal community of District >> Godda, Jharkhand". >> >> Date/ Time of sample collection- 4/04/2014. >> >> Location- Village Bariyarpur, District Godda, Jharkhand. >> >> Regards, >> >> Preeti Kamboj >> > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
