Nice catch of Kajhur Tanay On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:42 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear friends, > > Sending photos of date palm. > > > Name : Phoenix dactylifera > Common name of fruit : Date (English) Khajur (Hindi) > Place : Mount Abu, Rajasthan > Date : 14.11.2010 > Others : Seen in arid areas of Gujerat and Rajasthan. > Date fruit is considered as an ideal food containing most of > the essential nutrients like pottassium. > The flowers of the date palm are edible. Seeds of date are > ground and mixed in flour during the time of scarcity. > Date palms are tapped for the sweet sap called Nira which is > converted to palm jaggery. > > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/