And yes, you can eat them too. Incidentally they call it Bankakri in Punjab and Banwangan (wangan in brinjal) in Kashmiri. More popularly known as Papri or papra. Drug Podophyllum Resin or Podophyllin, commonly used as purgative> Recently its anticancerous properties have been discovered.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Very nice pics Balkar sir, thanks for sharing, never seen so many > apple in one go!!! > Pankaj > > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear All > > P hexandrum from Devvan Chakarata > > > > Regards > > > > -- > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964 > > >
