It has a high purgative activity !!! We studied in our pharma class Tanay On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Ninad Raut <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you Balkar Sir and Gurcharan Sir for sharing photos and info. > respectively. > Even in Garhwal Himalayas also it is commonly known as 'Ban-Kakari' > and here to people consider fruits edible. Have come across this > species in wild in Har-ki-Dun and few more places in Uttarkashi > district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. > > Regards > Ninad > > On Aug 20, 3:07 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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: 9810359089http://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 > > > > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
