Ram Kand Mool Phal | Rare Fruit | राम कंद मूल फल । आंध्र प्रदेश के जंगल में पाया जाने वाला अनोखा फल

My encounter with Ram Kand Mool is quite accidental. I saw it at Dharward. I went to Dharward Agricultural University on September 22,2017, along with , Managing Editor of Krishi Jagran, to attend the Agriculture Fair organized by the University. When we were moving around the campus, watching the exhibits, we saw a small crowd near the main gate of the campus. We became curious to know what was happening there. When we along with Swamy, our Dharward District Coordinator took a place among the saw a man in an old tracksuit and T –shirt sitting behind a drum. We astonished to find that it was not a real drum, but an edible tuber that he was selling to the people who were anxiously waiting for their turn. It was very interesting to see that with his sharp knife he was cutting skin thin slices with utmost care and selling three pieces for rupees ten. The tuber is brown in colour and its flesh is light brown. Only 1/10th of the portion was sold that time , but he had a reasonably