Fruits & Vegetable week- Hitchenia caulina

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Prashant awale

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Jan 2, 2011, 1:25:42 PM1/2/11

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Dear Friends,
This one is commonly known as "Indian Arrowroot".

Bot. name: Hitchenia caulina

Family: Zingiberaceae

Local name: Chavar.

Tubers of this plant are used for making edible starch.

Hitchenia caulina-Chavar.jpg

Balkar Arya

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Jan 3, 2011, 8:25:12 AM1/3/11

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Nice Catch Prashant Ji

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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