If you want Mani Ji u are welcome to taste it but atleast I have no intension in near future to get knowledgable by its taste. Tanay
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:15 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ >>> > >>> > 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 >> >> > -- 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
