District | NALBARI | BMC Name | PACHIM NALBARI BLOCK BMC | Flora Category | Fruit Plant | Type of Flora | Herb |
Local Name of Flora | Bhim Kol | Local Language | Bengali ,Assamese ,Other , | Common Name of Flora | Giant fruit Banana | Scientific Name | Ensete glaucum |
Variata | Forma | Sub Species | Flora Variety | Local | |||
Part Used | Inflorescence, Stem, fruit and Leaves | Uses | Consumed as fruit, medicine and fodder | Other Details | Ripe Fruits are eaten raw.Leaves are used as fodder. Young shoots (pseudo stem) are eaten as vegetable known as "pochola".Inflorescence eaten cooked as vegetable.Its dried leaf, and outer cover of fruit are dried, burnt and prepare an alkaline substance known as "Kalakhar" . |