Thank you all for the nice discussion and value additions. Yes Sandhya ji, as you said its a very good leaf-vegetable. And the dried fruits (while coming to usa i had brought some and using now and then!) are used to prepare 'kaara kuzhambu' or 'vaththa kuzhambu', a slightly bitterly delicious.
Thanks Jency ji for sharing your valuable experience. Yes our traditional medicinal formulations are again and again proved effective. We are fortunate to have such a great wealth. Regards Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915 1018 On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Tanay > In our chilhood ripe fruits of this were our most sought after fruit in > wild. Tasting like a sharper tomato, more sweet. We called it Kachmach. > > -- > 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 Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Jency Samuel <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> 'Manathakkaali' in Tamil as well. Sandhya is right. Dried fruits fried >> in oil or ghee cure ulcers. But I find the juice extract from the leaves >> work better in curing mouth and stomach ulcers. Raw leaves are ground with >> water and the extract is taken orally on an empty stomach. (But I have taken >> it at other times as well and I feel the result is the same) After one >> intake itself there will be a remarkable difference. Some people take the >> extract with coconut milk. >> >> --- On *Wed, 5/1/11, harithasandhya <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: harithasandhya <[email protected]> >> Subject: [efloraofindia:59284] Re: Fruits & Vegetables Week: RVS-9 >> To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "tanay bose" <[email protected]>, "Vijayasankar" < >> [email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, 5 January, 2011, 8:41 AM >> >> >> 'Manattakkali' in Malayalam. A delicious leafy vegetable. >> >> The fruits can be dipped in curds and salt and then sundried. This >> will keep for long time and the sundried fruits can be fried in oil >> and used as a sidedish with rice (what we call 'kondattum' in >> Malayalam). These fried fruits are also used to make a delicious curry >> with tamarind ('rasam'). >> >> Regards, >> Sandhya >> >> On Jan 5, 10:46 am, tanay bose >> <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> > This is completely new info for me I didn't knew we could eat S nigrum >> > Tanay >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Vijayasankar >> > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> >wrote: >> > >> > > Solanum nigrum, from Sirumalai hills, TN. >> > > Ripe fruits edible and the leaves and unripe fruits used as vegetable. >> > > Regards >> > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------- >> > > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >> > > Post Doctoral Research Associate >> > > National Center for Natural Products Research >> > > Thad Cochran Research Center >> > > University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 >> > > Phone: +1 662 915 1018 >> > >> > -- >> > *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) >> > 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> > [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> >> >> >> > >
