സംവാദം:ഭൂമി ചക്കരക്കിഴങ്ങ്
ഈ പോസ്റ്റിൽ പറയുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങൾ വസ്തുതാപരമായി ശരിയല്ല എന്നാണ് ഈ ആർട്ടിക്കിൾ കണ്ടിട്ട് തോന്നുന്നത്.
"I came across a thesis paper by Dr. MS Rathore, who had propagated Maerua oblongifolia in the lab in 2011. He had seen the tree many times in the desert state of Rajasthan. “But I haven’t heard or seen anybody eating the root,” the scientist said over a call, sounding puzzled."
“Its roots are sparse and inedible,” added Dr. NS Shekhawat, his thesis adviser and a retired professor of botany. “Growing in dry regions, where will it have so much water to develop big roots and be fat and juicy? [The snack] can’t be Maerua oblongifolia.”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/indian-street-snack-root?fbclid=IwAR1LZoWcp_G36zCpvpGoCen8xEd7piPSZdmpuVKo7f-O7sFI7quIP0bdmUk https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289108265_Micropropagation_of_Maerua_oblongifolia_-_A_liana_of_arid_areas