ગુજરાતી
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Agriculture is done only in Kutch in the whole of India.
Farmers cultivate it by maintaining it in its original form. Their group buys it all.
Ahmedabad
Farmer Govind Patel in Nakhatrana of Kutch has brought great benefits to the farmers by adopting a new method in the cultivation of Bijora. Bijora is a fruit that cannot be used directly. Therefore, it is not so popular among the people. But in Kutch, there is a wild variety of beans which is used traditionally by the people of Kutch.
In Kutch, pickles were traditionally made from chickpeas. But this farmer’s son has strengthened agriculture by organizing the farmers, getting them to cultivate, and making many things, increasing its consumption. A group of 20 farmers was formed and they were encouraged to cultivate Bijora. Therefore, today it is being cultivated in 100 bighas. This has been possible due to Govindbhai.
Bijora trees are found scattered in many houses or farms in India. But it was not cultivated anywhere in India. So cultivation has started in Kutch. Gauingbhai buys all the material from these farmers at a price 20 percent higher than the market price. He processes it.
The farmers of Kutch have allowed Bijora to remain a wild variety. It has not been converted into a hybrid. Therefore, its medicinal value is the highest. It can be grafted and mixed with lemon. But the farmers of Kutch have not done this. The farmer does not want to develop its hybrid variety. He wants to keep it real. Because only then it can be maintained as a medicine.
Bijora has been used for this purpose for generations in Kutch. Now they are converting it into commercial value and sending it out of Gujarat. They make beverages for the people of Pathri and sell them by filling them in bottles. There is a good demand for it.
Govind Patel says, “We made their candy with sugar.” Which soothes gas and acidity in just 5 minutes. It is useful in dysentery, kidney stones and constipation. Therefore its consumption has increased.
Govindbhai believes that Bijuru is the best remedy for any digestive system problem.
There are 300 to 400 trees per acre. One tree gives 50 to 60 kg of fruit per year. Which is Rs. per kg. Govindbhai buys from 20 farmers at the price of 25. Govindbhai assures us that if you plant trees, we will buy all the fruits.
Wild animals do not eat Bijuru. No one can steal.
Toom
Fruit is found in three years. Can be grown in barren land. Bezora fruit is a large, thick-skinned fruit of the lemon variety. Which is a sour and aromatic fruit. Bezora cultivation has started in Kutch. It is in great demand in the international market due to the soluble fiber (pectin) found in the thick inner peel. There is a good demand for the white part or intermediate peel between the bark and the dry pulp in the international market. Because it is considered the world’s best natural remedy for acidity and stone medicine. Farmers can sell the fruit powder at a price of Rs 100 to Rs 1200 per kg.
This is the most important crop in the international market. The juice contains vitamin C. For eating, not the juice of beetroot, but its thick peel is used. The white part or the middle vein between the peel and the tissue is also used as a peel. Bijora means donkey lemon. It is considered nectar for kidney stones. Bezora is considered very beneficial for people suffering from stones.
Fruit in 3 years. The seed of this sweet fruit is red and pink in color. Begonia tree is a medium-sized bushy tree. Its leaves are large, wide and long. The flowers are white in color and fragrant. Its fruits are round, protruding forward and have many seeds.
It is called Bijapur in Sanskrit. It is nutritious.
There is variety in size.
Grafted Cultivation
Lemon plants can be combined with Bezora plants and Bezora grafted plants can be prepared.
It is one of the 4 species of Citrus Medica. Its English name is “Citron” or “Citrone”.
Tasteless Fruit
The kernel is dry. It is not of much interest. Bezora juice is not used. Not beetroot juice, but its thick peel is used for food.
Fragrance Oil
For centuries, the aromatic oil extracted from the peel of Bezora fruit has been used as perfume. Lemongrass is its main ingredient. Its peel is extracted from the outer peel. The oil extracted from the bark is considered antibacterial. That is why it is also called fragrance cultivation.
Gar
The starch content is high. Its pulp is mostly sour and sometimes sweet.
Pickles and candies are made from Gar. The white portion or intermediate peel between the bark and the dry pulp is in good demand in the international market.
Peeling
The fruit peel is leathery, wrinkled and rough. The outer bark is thick and aromatic.
The inner bark is thick, white and hard. The fruit peel is large, slightly rough, aromatic and bitter in taste.
It has 12 species in Bangladesh. Where it is used as a citrus fruit.
Kutch Pickle
The famous Bijora pickle of Kutch is useful in many diseases. Apart from this, jam can also be made from it.
In India, in the Kutch region of Gujarat, Bejora fruit is cut along with the peel and mixed with jaggery and spices to make pickles.
Ripe
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Bezora’s peel and pulp are taken out and cooked in sugar to make candy. A candy called ‘Sakkad’ is made by adding sugar syrup to it.
Many things can be made by cooking the peel and pulp with sugar.
Jam – Cake
Bezora is an important ingredient in making fruit cakes during holidays in the United States.
Bezora juice served with wine is considered an effective antidote.
Sherbet
Bezora juice is made in the form of syrup.
Medicinal
Bezora has been used as a medicine since ancient times. It is used for the treatment of anthelmintic, appetite enhancer, tonic, cough, arthritis, vomiting, diarrhea,
skin diseases, poor eyesight, seasickness, lung disease, intestinal pain, scurvy, gum disease, nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst. In Korea, Bezora is used to make herbal tea called Yujacha for the treatment of indigestion, cough and intoxication.
Ankleshwar
Farmers of Kansia village in Ankleshwar cultivate Bijauru.
Porbandar
Farmer Ramshibhai Varangiya grows Bijauru garden in Hanumangarh village situated below Barda hills in Porbandar.
Can melt stones
Its juice or peel cures gallstones. The stones come out through the throat. The properties of this lemon are helpful in dissolving kidney stones. By consuming it, kidney stones dissolve with urine and start coming out. The citric acid found in Bejora lemon is very beneficial for stone patients. Giving rock salt mixed with juice to a patient suffering from stone is very beneficial.
Acidity
It is the best in acidity. For people who have acidity problem, this fruit acts like nectar.
Treatment in disease
Taking its root bark mixed with ghee gives relief in headache.
Putting two drops of Bejora fruit juice in the ear gives relief from earache.
Mixing the stamen of the flower with Sindhav salt and black pepper powder and making a pill and sucking it gives relief from mouth diseases like mouth ulcers, stiffness of mouth etc.
For pain, 1 to 2 grams of root powder is taken with ghee.
Heating the leaves and applying them on the painful area gives relief.
Cooking Bejora seeds in milk, mixing it with 1 teaspoon of ghee and drinking it every morning and evening for 15 days starting from the fourth day of menstruation leads to pregnancy.
Fenugreek and Bijora are used in epilepsy.
It is also very beneficial for digestion. It also increases appetite and is also helpful in boosting the immune system.
