... there may be a chance that it " resembles " citron fruit, for which locals may have named it aptly ... in which case, brings us back to square one ... what is " *Ranbijore* " Regards
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:30 PM, figtree <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > > > > > > > > > > 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]<indiantreepix%[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]<indiantreepix%[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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://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 at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
