It seems there is an unanimous opinion that it may be a Citrus (lemon). I wonder is there any poisonous lemon!
On Feb 20, 8:59 pm, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > I was quite surprised to find four different Citron fruit trees in one of my > friend's small backyard garden. > (Photo date - 29 Nov 2009, Chandagal Village, Mysore district, Attachments 1 > & 2.) > They consider each one of them as a different variety (Names in Kannada - > Chikkilli(very small), Daggilli (large kind),Illi-normal-type > 1,Illi-normal-type 2 ). > Back at home, I gave them to my mother and requested her to make pickles out > of them -aMixed citron pickles! They tasted good and there were no > complaints. Last month, I had a kind of typhoid which lasted several weeks. > Nothing tastes good during a fever. But the ganji ( gruel made of rice) > served with these pickles tasted divine - I managed to swallow a good many > mouth fulls of that gruel thanks to the pickle! > > Will post and request the individual fruiting trees for > identification/confirmation soon. > > Regards > Raghu > > ________________________________ > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > To: shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> > Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, 20 February, 2010 6:31:25 PM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:28020] Re: Querry -Poisonous plant, MP > > Shrikant ji > You seem to be close enough. Bijori in Kanad is Citrus limon, where as > Bijaura in Hindi and Bijoru in Gujarat refer to C. medica. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:23 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >Hi Aparna, > > >>I recently relished pickle made of Bijora in Bhuj. It seemed a large > >>Cucurbitaceae fruit if this is any clue. Regards, Shrikant > >Ingalhalikar > > >>On Feb 20, 5:18 pm, Aparna Watve <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Dear All, > >>> Has anyone of you come across a plant called "Ranbijore" in central India? > >>> Two days back, a newspaper in Seoni reported severe poisoning of 6 > >>> children in a village due to eating fruit of Ranbijore. It seems this > >>> has happened frequently in the past. But the paper does not give any > >>> clue abt the plant. None of the MP floras report this vernacular name. > >>> I guess it is a wild plant or introduced in village gardens or > >>> agriculture, and probably a shrub or a tree. > >>> Thanks in advance. > >>> Aparna > > >>> -- > >>> Dr. Aparna Watve > >>> Dr. Aparna Watve > >>> Asha Appt, Shanti Nagar, Ekata Colony > >>> Nr. BSNL tower, Akbar Ward, > >>> Seoni.480661 > >>> tel: 07692-228115 > >>> mobile: (0)9755667710 and 9822597288 still works > > >>-- > >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>"efloraofindia" 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 > >>athttp://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it > NOW!http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ > > DSC_6619.jpg > 204KViewDownload > > DSC_6583.jpg > 218KViewDownload > > DSC_6591.jpg > 206KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
