Bamboo Shoot

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