Thank you Mr Garg. Regards, Ashwini
> On 1 Mar 2016, at 20:27, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wonderful, photographs and details. > > On 1 Mar 2016 19:10, "Ashwini Bhatia" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Last Wednesday I drove down to the lower town of Dharamshala with a friend to > attend a local wedding feast. I stopped en route to photograph apricot and > semal blossoms (which I will share here in due course) when my friend pointed > me to a thorny shrub like tree. He said that it was called Tirmira in the > local dialect and its fruit was used in chutneys and the wood in making > pestles. Smaller twigs are also used as datun toothbrush (like that of neem > and keekar). Later I found out that a species belonging to this genus gives > the Szechuan Pepper. I am familiar with the Chinese spice but am yet to taste > the local variety. I will update when I lay my hands on flower/fruit in > season. It’s various culinary/medicinal uses are listed here; > > http://www.stuartxchange.com/Chi-it.html > <http://www.stuartxchange.com/Chi-it.html> > > Zanthoxylum armatum—Winged Prickly-Ash, Toothache Tree, Tirmir, Tirmira > 25 February, 2016 > Dharamshala, HP, 1500m approximately > > > Please correct me if I am wrong. > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > <_MG_0970_25Feb2016.jpg> > <_MG_0997_25Feb2016.jpg> > > Winged compound leaves; > <_MG_0971_25Feb2016.jpg> > <_MG_0993_25Feb2016.jpg> > > Empty dry pods; > <_MG_0974_25Feb2016.jpg> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
