chironji tree in flower in Bandhavgarh Ntl Park

[kaysat tiwari]

Dear All,

At present this tree is in flower here.

Its fruits are small green turn violet blue when ripe. Seed cover hard. Seed used as dry fruit called chironji.

Satyendra  

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Satyendra K.Tiwari.
Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist, Tour Leader
H.NO 139, P.O.Tala, Distt Umariya.
M.P. India 484-661
00-91-7627-265309 or 09425331209

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Tiwari ji for posting this new tree.

Also called Chironji or Char (Buchanania lanzan, family : Anacardiaceae), here is very good inf. in the Research Note by Sh Pankaj Oudhia, one of our members at link: http://www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/164_char.html. I will recommend it for interesting reading for state of this tree & its linkages with the people in Chhattisgarh & its medicinal uses.
In the link below from Betul forest circle, one can see the pictures of the try as well as green & ripe fruit: http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://www.betulforestcircle.org/images/mahua_flower_large.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.betulforestcircle.org/achar.asp&h=450&w=600&sz=69&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=C_5iBVb6u0OFQM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBuchanania%2Blanzan%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
 

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Garg ji and Tiwari ji,

Here are links to over 80 recent research articles on Chironji.

http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=3956&entityType=PL****&entityDisplayCategory=eArticles

and 45 pictures

http://ecoport.org/ep?Plant=3956&entityType=PL****&entityDisplayCategory=Photographs


regards
Pankaj Oudhia

On Feb 22, 8:02 am, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Tiwari ji for posting this new tree.

> Also called *Chironji or Char (Buchanania lanzan, family :
> Anacardiaceae),*here is very good inf. in the
> *Research Note by Sh Pankaj Oudhia,* one of our members at link:http://www.botanical.com/site/column_poudhia/164_char.html. I will recommend

> it for interesting reading for state of this tree & its linkages with the
> people in Chhattisgarh & its medicinal uses.
> In the link below from Betul forest circle, one can see the pictures of the

> try as well as green & ripe fruit:http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://www.betulforestcircle...

>
> On 2/22/08, kaysat tiwari <kaysat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Dear All,
> > At present this tree is in flower here.
> > Its fruits are small green turn violet blue when ripe. Seed cover hard.
> > Seed used as dry fruit called chironji.
> > Satyendra
>
> > --
> > Satyendra K.Tiwari.
> > Wildlife Photographer, Naturalist, Tour Leader

> > H.NO <http://h.no/> 139, P.O.Tala, Distt Umariya.

> > M.P. India 484-661
> > 00-91-7627-265309 or 09425331209
>

> --
> With regards,
> J.M.Garg
> "We often ignore the beauty around us"
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