Roots are highly medicinal but I imagine if it is edible as normal food. I heard that its used enhance sperm formation by tribals in our Jharkhand!! Pankaj
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:50 AM, arjunan <[email protected]> wrote: > hello friends, > > Just wanted to know if the roots of Spiral ginger are edible. > > regards to all. > > On Sep 21, 7:33 am, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> Cheilocostus speciosus indeed found as wild in some regions of Bengal >> tanay >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Shantanu <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Nice coincidence >> >> > Shantanu : ) >> >> > On Sep 21, 12:24 am, Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Hi >> > > taken these shots of the Spiral Ginger that grows in the wild in the >> > > Narendrapur area of Kolkata. >> > > regards >> > > Shantanu : ) >> >> > > Shantanu Bhattacharya. >> > > B.Sc, M.Sc (Zoology) >> > > University of Calcutta. >> > > Teaching Faculty. >> > > Dept. of Biology. >> > > Vivekananda Mission School(ICSE). >> > > Joka. Kolkata. >> >> > > ginger.jpg >> > > 129KViewDownload >> >> > > spiral ginger.jpg >> > > 143KViewDownload >> >> -- >> *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 (Mobile) >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> [email protected] -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
