Thanks, Rakesh ji, for the valuable inf. On 19-Oct-2017 2:16 PM, "Rakesh Sharma" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Ashwini, > > Nice informative post. This plant grows in wild along nallahs. It is a > very useful plant as its seeds and bark are used in Ayurvedic medicines. > I remember that its stem (freshly cut) is used for making chutnys in > regions of Jammu (towards Poonch) as the juices add fragrance and tinge. > And its seeds are also added in chutneys to give it a tinge. Seeds are > available in local markets. Its datun is used to control vaat (Baay). In > this region it is called "Timmber". > > Regards > > Col Rakesh Sharma, Sena Medal > > > > On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 7:10:58 PM UTC+5:30, ashwini 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 >> >> >> Winged compound leaves; >> >> Empty dry pods; >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
