Again nice set of Pics Raman Ji On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:32 PM, raman <[email protected]> wrote:
> A small tropical tree, indigenous to the Amazon rainforest, growing up to > 20' tall. The leaves are thin, oblong while the flowers are greenish - > yellow. Flowers are oblong, 1 to 1 1/2 in long, never fully open, with 1 in > long, drooping stalks, and 3 fleshy outer petals, yellow-green on the > outside and pale-yellow inside with a purple or dark-red spot at the base. > The avoid or conical fruit, with a purple knobby skin, is very sweet and is > eaten fresh or can be used for shakes. The fruit is juicy and creamy - > white; it may contain up to 40 black seeds. These seeds are poisonous. From > delicious fruits of Sitaphal, jelly, jam, conserves, sharbets, syrup, tart > and fermented drinks are prepared. The peelings and pulps contain oil that > is useful in flavouring. > > Raman > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
