SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Bambusa
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Heals wounds, ulcers, enhances diigestive system, stimulates menstruation, kills intestinal worms, boosts health of heart etc.
NUTRIENT VALUE :
Good source of Dietary Fiber, Protein, Riboflavin and Zinc, and a very good source of Vitamin B6, Potassium, Copper and Manganese.
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
They are used as a vegetable. You only eat the peeled centre part of the shoot, which is white and hairless.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Bamboo Shoot
- Tamil : Moongil Kuruthu
- Malayalam : Mulankoombu
- Telugu : Veduru chiguru
- Kannada : Baimbale, Kanile
- Hindi : Bauns
- Bengali : Bansber ankur
- Gujarati : Vasani kupal
- Marathi : Kalkipan
