Dinesh ji Perhaps you have a point. names may be similar sounding, but it is unlikely that Citrus is the culprit. Local names often give us plenty to think about, as it happened on another thread about Champa.
-- 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: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > ... 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. 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