Yes it is agave root only, it will be burnt in the fire, cleaned, usually sugar or saccharine solution is added to the fibrous starchy tuber in order to get sweet taste.Even in Chennai market it is being sold.
*Thanks ®ards* *Dr. Santhan P* On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:00 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > I think it's Agave root > *Dr. Anil S. Bhuktar* > > Thank you. I suppose this is only a guess. Some of these roots are 4-5 > feet long. I have never seen any Agave with that kind of thick and long > root/stem. > Best, > Rajarama Bhat. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: R. Bhat <[email protected]> > Date: 13 May 2018 at 16:42 > Subject: [efloraofindia:294937] Is this really Maerua oblongifolia ? > To: [email protected] > > > Dear All > there is a certain large root which gets sold sometimes in > Indian streets > which goes under the name `bhoo chakra (or sakre ) gadde ' in Kannada and > Telugu and most websites identify it as root of Maerua oblongifolia > (of Capparaceae family). For images and description of this root please > see: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maerua_oblongifolia > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6iMSqx_eYg > > Even Elfora website gives the same info: > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/c/ > capparaceae/capparis/maerua-oblongifolia > > Is this true? Does this arid region plant grow to have such large roots? I > contacted some experts, > but received conflicting opinion. Some like Prof. Pullaiah, whose book is > quoted in Eflora website think that this is root is of ipomoea mauritiana > with common name `giant potato'. See: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_mauritiana > > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Giant%20Potato.html > > Can somebody please confirm as to what is the correct identification of > this root. > > Thanks, > > Rajarama Bhat. > > > > > > > root of: > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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.
