Dear Garg ji, I am traveling to Bengaluru and Mysore this week end. After returning back try to visit Bhainsa village for confirmation.
Pankaj Oudhia On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:42 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > > Earlier relevant feedback: > > “This is nothing but the rootstock of Agave americana or A. sisalana. The > plant is uprooted in the stage of when it starts producing the flowering > shoot (before flowering). At this stage the rootstock is (slightly) sweet > due to enormous amount of starch stored for producing the robust > inflorescence that happens once in its lifetime. Depend upon the plant size, > the rootstock can be up to 1 m or at least 50 cm. > > The local person collect this, add some cosmetics. He will wipe the center > with cloth soaked in saccharine (u can't see that but) each time he makes a > slice. So the slices will be very sweet. > > We have prepared a photo album of all steps involved in this. > If the id/plant is correct, the credit goes to Dr. D. Narasimhan of Madras > Christian College, Chennai who told us about the plant. > > Maerua oblongifolia is another plant that is linked with the local name > 'boomi sakkarai' meaning 'sweet tuber in the earth'. But its root never > attain this size.” > > > "New development : > As informed earlier I visited to meet the Ram Kand sellers today. They > never > share their trade secret but in Rs.2000 one of them invited me to inform > about the plant as well as processing. He informed that it is not Agave > americana. It is wild tuber which prefers sandy soil to grow. They collect > it either from Amarkantak or Narsinghnath forest where soil is sandy. > He ruled out the use of Saccarin or other sweet material as the taste of > tuber is itself sweet. > I visited to famous Sirpur Mela today and interacted with tens of > Traditional Healers. Many guessed it as roots of old Bombax but they have > never used it. > During interaction I got interesting information. > One of sellers married with a girl of village named Bhainsa and as result > many relatives of the girl got information about this Ram Kand. They > started > growing it in village. > When I got this information without any delay started for that village but > my little Maruti Alto failed to cross Mahanadi river having no bridge. > Planning to visit the village in coming days. > regards > Pankaj Oudhia" > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]> > Date: 8 February 2010 00:26 > Subject: [efloraofindia:27321] CG2010-2 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear Group Members, > > > Please help in identification. Picture taken in Rajim Kumbh Mela, > Chhattisgarh today. Sold as Ram Kanda. Sellers were from Nasik. > > Pankaj Oudhia > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- 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.
