Dear Ashwini, Nice informative post. This plant grows in wild along nallahs. It is a very useful plant as its seeds and bark are used in Ayurvedic medicines. I remember that its stem (freshly cut) is used for making chutnys in regions of Jammu (towards Poonch) as the juices add fragrance and tinge. And its seeds are also added in chutneys to give it a tinge. Seeds are available in local markets. Its datun is used to control vaat (Baay). In this region it is called "Timmber".
Regards Col Rakesh Sharma, Sena Medal On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 7:10:58 PM UTC+5:30, ashwini 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 > > 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 > > > Winged compound leaves; > > Empty dry pods; > -- 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.
