Lovely catch muthu of the ripe fruits tanay On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Could this be any variety of the species? > > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Warm welcome Rakeshji, >> The Gaer name is of Kannada origin. The collection location is closer to >> Karnataka, specially along Biligiri Rangan Temple WLS >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Rakesh Biswas >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thanks Muthu Ji, >>> >>> This was a real learning experience for me on its edibility. Google >>> searching till now couldn't provide me the information on what it would be >>> like to actually eat and taste it. >>> >>> But now the same query for some one else can be answered throgh google >>> via efloraindia/indiantreepix. >>> >>> :-) >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Name: Semecarpus anacardium L. >>>> Family: Anacardiaceae >>>> Location: Sathyamangalam Forest Division >>>> Date: 12 Nov 2008 >>>> Tamil name: Seraangottai, Saenkottai, Ghaer >>>> >>>> Edibility: I relished this fresh ripe sweet (false) fruit; local people >>>> consume the fully ripen fruits >>>> >>>> The acidic nature of this fruit is used for healing wounds, (mostly >>>> inflammatory) locally at Sathyamangalam forest division. >>>> -- >>>> Muthu Karthick, N >>>> Junior Research Fellow >>>> Care Earth Trust >>>> Chennai - 61 >>>> www.careearthtrust.org >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Junior Research Fellow >> Care Earth Trust >> Chennai - 61 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> > > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > Chennai - 61 > www.careearthtrust.org > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
