Thanks Muthu Ji, This was a real learning experience for me on its edibility. Google searching till now couldn't provide me the information on what it would be like to actually eat and taste it.
But now the same query for some one else can be answered throgh google via efloraindia/indiantreepix. :-) On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > Name: Semecarpus anacardium L. > Family: Anacardiaceae > Location: Sathyamangalam Forest Division > Date: 12 Nov 2008 > Tamil name: Seraangottai, Saenkottai, Ghaer > > Edibility: I relished this fresh ripe sweet (false) fruit; local people > consume the fully ripen fruits > > The acidic nature of this fruit is used for healing wounds, (mostly > inflammatory) locally at Sathyamangalam forest division. > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > Chennai - 61 > www.careearthtrust.org >
