Buckwheat seeds make an excellent gluten free flour, whole seeds boiled are a good main course as a salad...
good for people with gluten hypersensitivity... usha di == On Jul 22, 9:26 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Since the plant is wild, can grow up to height of 5 feet (as reported by > Alok ji) and white flowers, and narrow infl. branches, it should be > Fagopyrum dibotrys (D. Don) Hara (syn: F. cymosum (Trev) Meisn.), common in > the Himalayas. It is used as a vegetable. > > F. esculentum is a much smaller plant, cultivated in fields, mostly at > higher altitides, has pinkish tinge in flowers. > > Alok ji may focus on ochrea (a tube like structure at the point from where > leaf departs from stem). In F. esculentum the ochrea is hardly 2-4 mm long > whereas it is 8-12 mm long in F. dibotrys. > > -- > 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, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Thank you Balkar ji and Tanay ji for your ready help.. > > regards > > Alok > > On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 18:04 -0700, tanay bose wrote: > > > I support Balkar Ji > > > This plant is indeed Fagopyrum esculentum > > > Tanay > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > I think fagopyrum esculentum (Buckwheat) > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Alok Mahendroo > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear friends, > > > A plant which I think is also used locally as a > > > vegetable... > > > > Location Kalatope, H.P. > > > Altitude 2100 mts > > > Habit herb > > > Habitat wild > > > Plant height can grow up to 5 feet > > > > regards > > > Alok > > > -- > > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > > Village Khudgot, > > > P.O. Dalhousie > > > District Chamba > > > H.P. 176304, India > > > > www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > > > www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > >http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new... > > > > -- > > > 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 (Mobile) > > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > > [email protected] > > > > Webpages: > > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > > >https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > > -- > > Himalayan Village Education Trust > > Village Khudgot, > > P.O. Dalhousie > > District Chamba > > H.P. 176304, India > > >www.hivetrust.wordpress.com > >www.forwildlife.wordpress.com > > >http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new...
