Perhaps *Hibiscus sabdariffa* (family: Malvaceae) *commonly known as*: Jamaica sorrel, Java jute, Pusa hemp, red sorrel, roselle, Thai jute • *Assamese*: টেঙা-মৰা tengamora • *Bengali*: lal mista • *Gujarati*: ખાટી ભીંડી khati bhindi, લાલ અંબાડી lal ambadi • *Hindi*: लाल अम्बाड़ी lal ambari, पटवा patwa • *Kannada*: ಪುಳಚಾರಕೆ ಪುಂಡಿ pulachaaraki pumdi, ಪುಂಡಿಬೀಜ pumdibija • *Malayalam*: puli-cheera • *Manipuri*: সিলো সৌগৰী silo-sougree • *Marathi*: लाल अंबाडी lal ambadi, तांबडी अंबाडी tambadi ambadi • *Mizo*: lekhar-anthur • *Sanskrit*: अम्बष्ठिका ambasthika • *Tamil*: செம்புளிச்சை cem-puliccai • *Telugu*: ఎర్ర గోంగూర erra gongura
Please wait for validating comments. Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Dalia Set <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends > > Posting images of a fruit / vegetable - usually available in some > Kolkata markets for very short time in January. My mum generally prepared > a nice red coloured glossy jam from it- also cooked as chutney. I do not > have the proper local name even - some says 'tak dhyarosh' or sour ladies > finger. The fruit has a green round capsule inside and small white seeds > resides within. Jam is prepared from the red fleshy covering. > As I found it in a market - I can not provide more details of the plant - > these are the only images I managed. > Please provide me the proper botanical name and also local names , if > possible. Also some guidelines where to get the saplings - and how to grow > it. > > Thanks > Dalia >
