Reg. Identification of this tree species in these videos, which has become viral now

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Ramakanth Reddy

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Mar 31, 2023, 12:51:24 PM3/31/23
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Dear esteemed members(sir/madam),
I came across these youtube videos by some persons describing a tree with white seeds similar to those of Semecarpus anacardium, on the borders of Telangana and Maharashtra. They are calling it as "Safed Bhilawa, Safed BiBa, Tella jeedi chettu".
The videos are going viral with those men in the videos are selling these seeds at huge prices(50 lakh per kg), which are supposedly used for "vasikarana" & medicinal use. 

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I want to know, if this videos are real and such a tree exists, in the literature(both scientific and Indian traditional). I havent got across any literary reference to such a tree/plant.
Thanks and regards.

Dr. K Ramakanth Reddy 
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Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 31, 2023, 2:35:50 PM3/31/23
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Not Sure but Semecarpus anacardium is Possibility, locally Safed Bhilawa or White Biba

J.M. Garg

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Apr 2, 2023, 12:59:04 PM4/2/23
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So far enquiries does not prove that it is fake.
We have to treat it like that until confirmed.
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Ramakanth Reddy

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Apr 2, 2023, 1:54:35 PM4/2/23
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Thanks Dr Singh sir and Dr. Garg sir. 
But, wondering, how come there is no literary reference to this variety of Semicarpus Anacardium. 

J.M. Garg

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Apr 3, 2023, 12:42:49 AM4/3/23
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Yes, that is the reason why these are likely to be fake news. 

On Sun, 2 Apr 2023 at 23:24, Ramakanth Reddy <kankanala...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Dr Singh sir and Dr. Garg sir. 
But, wondering, how come there is no literary reference to this variety of Semicarpus Anacardium. 



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