... and yes, the seemingly seed-like structure is the nut ... just as in case cashew-nut ... which is botanically the actual fruit, the other swollen part -- orange coloured in case of S. anacardium is the false-fruit ... it is the swollen stalk of the fruit ... known as the hypocarp.
Comments on edibility will help. Regards. On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Nalini ji, ... do not have photo showing fruits from close-up distance. > Attaching a cropped version of a photo, showing fruits. > Not sure whether the fruits are edible ... at least not popular as edible > ... comments would help. > But certainly a high-value medicinal plant. > > Regards. > > > > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:09 AM, nabha meghani <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank you verymuch Dineshji for sharing the fotos. I had never seen बिब्बा >> bibba भल्लातक bhallataka, भिल्लावा bhillava, and the other two names for >> बिब्बा I did not know before. >> भल्लातक reminded me of भल्लातक फळभारे लवले from गीतरामायण. >> बिब्बा looks like काजू? seed on top of a fruit? That is what I saw in your >> foto. Do you have a bigger foto of the fruit? What is actually बिब्बा? Is it >> a seed? >> Thanks for the link. >> Regards >> Nalini >> >> >> ** >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> *To:* shubhada nikharge <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* indian tree pix <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Monday, July 26, 2010 4:18 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:42363] Semecarpus anacardium ? >> >> ... most probably not, dear Shubhada ... the leaves of marking nut tree >> are leathery and are rounded at tip, >> Some views at my photostream ... >> http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Semecarpusanacardium&m=tags >> Let us please wait for comments. >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:29 PM, shubhada nikharge < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> Saw these flowers in Rani Bagh (V.J.B.Udyan), Mumbai on 19th July 2010. >>> Is it Semecarpus anacardium (Marking Nut or बिब्बा ) >>> Cheers, >>> Shubhada >>> >>> >>> "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I >>> can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." >>> >>> >>> >> >
