Another name for it is Agnimukha (अग्निमुख) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_of_the_Indian_epics_period
I wonder if it has any relevance to its edibility? :-) On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > ... and yes, the seemingly seed-like structure is the nut ... just as in > case cashew-nut ... which is botanically the actual fruit, the other swollen > part -- orange coloured in case of S. anacardium is the false-fruit ... it > is the swollen stalk of the fruit ... known as the hypocarp. > > Comments on edibility will help. > > Regards. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Nalini ji, ... do not have photo showing fruits from close-up distance. >> Attaching a cropped version of a photo, showing fruits. >> Not sure whether the fruits are edible ... at least not popular as edible >> ... comments would help. >> But certainly a high-value medicinal plant. >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:09 AM, nabha meghani <nabha-megh...@gmx.de>wrote: >> >>> Thank you verymuch Dineshji for sharing the fotos. I had never seen बिब्बा >>> bibba भल्लातक bhallataka, भिल्लावा bhillava, and the other two names for >>> बिब्बा I did not know before. >>> भल्लातक reminded me of भल्लातक फळभारे लवले from गीतरामायण. >>> बिब्बा looks like काजू? seed on top of a fruit? That is what I saw in >>> your foto. Do you have a bigger foto of the fruit? What is actually बिब्बा? >>> Is it a seed? >>> Thanks for the link. >>> Regards >>> Nalini >>> >>> >>> ** >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >>> *To:* shubhada nikharge <shubhada_nikha...@yahoo.co.in> >>> *Cc:* indian tree pix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>> *Sent:* Monday, July 26, 2010 4:18 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:42363] Semecarpus anacardium ? >>> >>> ... most probably not, dear Shubhada ... the leaves of marking nut tree >>> are leathery and are rounded at tip, >>> Some views at my photostream ... >>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Semecarpusanacardium&m=tags >>> Let us please wait for comments. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:29 PM, shubhada nikharge < >>> shubhada_nikha...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> Saw these flowers in Rani Bagh (V.J.B.Udyan), Mumbai on 19th July 2010. >>>> Is it Semecarpus anacardium (Marking Nut or बिब्बा ) >>>> Cheers, >>>> Shubhada >>>> >>>> >>>> "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I >>>> can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
