NE India flora and fauna

   Hi Friends,today I will share with you some of my experience related to Passion Fruit and also its health benefits.Passion fruit is native to Brazil,Argentina and Paraguay.In India,it is cultivated in some areas of Nilgiri hill region,Karnataka,Himachal Pradesh and north eastern states of Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram.In our state i.e.Assam it is rare and I was not familiar with it.Although,I grew up in a family involved in horticulture,having a big farm with all different seasonal and perennial fruits,I could hardly remember consuming it in my childhood.It was in the year 1999,I had a chance to work on a project on organic farming of Passon fruit in our neighbouring state of Manipur.It was then, as if I rediscovered passion fruit and came to know its nutritional importance. The Passion fruit is nearly round to oval in shape either purple or yellow at maturity,depending on its variety.The plant is a perenial vine,shallow rooted and woody climbing by means of tendrils.Passion fru

Hi, everyone,Welcome to an exciting journey with me to discover new destination, exotic food,health secrets, fauna and flora of North East India in particular and the world at large.     I am Ruby Kashyap from Assam,India,a post graduate in biotechnology.Hope you will find the post informative and exciting.    North Eastern India is rich in different varieties of flora and fauna.A number of different types of citrus fruits is found here.One such is the Star fruit or Carambola. Star Fruit or Carambola.(Fruit beneficial for liver, blood glucose,cholesterol)    Starfruit or Carambola is known as 'kordoi' in Assamese and 'kamrakh' in Hindi.It is commonly seen in the orchard all over Assam.It is also consumed throughout South east  Asia. The fruit initially appear green in colour and turns yellow when ripen. The Carambola tree typically produces the most fruit from April to June and October to December. The fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides. When cu