Balkar ji, nice fruits. How is the taste? Regards, Mani.
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:11 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> > >> > 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 > >
