The report was published by "Hitavada" in its supplement MPLine (Jabalpur, 18th Feb). It happened at village Bijholi (Rewa dt.) and the children were taken to Sanjay Gandhi hospital at Rewa when their condition became critical. they were then said to be stable after treatment in ICU. Six children ages ranging from 2-10yrs ate the fruit (as per the report, but dont know if seed was included) in the morning and were vomitting by 10am. It seems many similar incidences have occurred in the past. Checking on Citrus, six species are reported in MP flora by BSI. C. aurantifolia, C. limenttoides, C. medica. C. limona, C. aurantium, C. maxima.- all have edible fruits, widely used locally. Checking Cucurbitaceae, MP flora reports quite a few species, but most have edible and locally used fruits. The report also states that its a tree, but it could be wrong reporting. Ranbijore- by name could mean wild species of bijore (interpreting Ran as wild/jungle) but I doubt if there is any poisonous Citrus around MP or anywhere. Maybe the children identified it wrongly as Ranbijore but the plant was something totally else with similar looking but poisonous fruits. The mystery remains. I tried to check for other families which may have poisonous fruits, but I cant find any in the MP flora. Aparna
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: 9810359089 > http://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 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. > -- 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
