Thank you Ushadi. I am not sure if locals put the prickles to any use but will ask around. How does one use Semul prickles to heal wounds?
Regards, Ashwini > On 21-Mar-2016, at 3:34 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > > wonderful write up > > do they have any special ethnic use for the thorns? > > (bengalis use the seemul trtee (Bombax ceiba) thorns in wound healing ) > > usha di > >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Last Wednesday I drove down to the lower town of Dharamshala with a friend >> to attend a local wedding feast. I stopped en route to photograph apricot >> and semal blossoms (which I will share here in due course) when my friend >> pointed me to a thorny shrub like tree. He said that it was called Tirmira >> in the local dialect and its fruit was used in chutneys and the wood in >> making pestles. Smaller twigs are also used as datun toothbrush (like that >> of neem and keekar). Later I found out that a species belonging to this >> genus gives the Szechuan Pepper. I am familiar with the Chinese spice but am >> yet to taste the local variety. I will update when I lay my hands on >> flower/fruit in season. It’s various culinary/medicinal uses are listed here; >> >> http://www.stuartxchange.com/Chi-it.html >> >> Zanthoxylum armatum—Winged Prickly-Ash, Toothache Tree, Tirmir, Tirmira >> 25 February, 2016 >> Dharamshala, HP, 1500m approximately >> >> >> Please correct me if I am wrong. >> >> Thanks. >> Ashwini >> >> <_MG_0970_25Feb2016.jpg> >> <_MG_0997_25Feb2016.jpg> >> >> Winged compound leaves; >> <_MG_0971_25Feb2016.jpg> >> <_MG_0993_25Feb2016.jpg> >> >> Empty dry pods; >> <_MG_0974_25Feb2016.jpg> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
