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- From: "Dr. Chiranjit Parmar" <parmarch@vsnl.com>
- To: "Ginda Fisher-NAFEX" <ginda@concentric.net>
- Subject: Kaphal - Myrica nagi
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:55:39 +0530
Dear Ginda,
I am pleased to tell you about a very little known
Himalayan wild fruit Kaphal(Myrica nagi).
The kaphal fruits shown in this picture are mature but not
fully ripe. When fully ripe, they look deep red to purple.
Kaphal is a very tasty fruit of excellent
quality. The fruits are collected from the wild and have not been
domesticated yet even in India. These grow in forests at about 5000
ft. The fruits are very much liked by people and offered for sale in
nearby town. In my home town, these are sold at a price which is as much
as or sometimes more than that of mango and apple. Kaphal should
safely withstand upto -25 F.
This fruit has a potential of a new fruit crop.
It therefore deserves domestication and may turn out to be a new commercial
crop.
Please write me in case you have any query about
it.
You may also write me in case you want to know about
any other lesser known fruit from the Indian region.
I am a horticultural scientist from India. For
the last three decades, I have been working on lesser known India fruits
particularly those that grow wild in the Himalayan mid-hills of North West
India. I try to promote the ones which are promising.
I shall keep telling you about such fruits from
time to time. |
- Kaphal - Myrica nagi, Dr. Chiranjit Parmar, 04/16/2002
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