Have you tasted Harfarewdi or Harfarori or not?
At the sight of these small sour fruits, childhood starts shivering. There used to be many Harfarewadi trees on the roadside near the school. While coming to school, they were broken and kept in the school bag. As soon as Maastriji turned to write something on the blackboard, he used to take out a hodgepodge from the bag and put it in his mouth. Its unique sourness used to gnash the teeth again and again and due to sourness the eyes used to wink. Wink is a British word which in pure desi language is called 'winking' Now I will not tell that story when a complaint was filed in the tuition class for winking because of manipulation and then finally got beaten up at home. However, when he mentioned the act of 'winking' to his mother at home, it was quietly whispered that while returning from school the next day, bring home some harfarevdi. Mother used to make excellent chutney out of it. Well, these are the things of childhood...
Patalkot's herbal expert Chhimmi Lal used to advise the patients of liver swelling, indigestion and kidney stone to chew Harfarevdi. Modern research also suggests that these fruits are hepatoprotective i.e. great liver options♥️ and many more clinical research suggests that these fruits are beneficial for diabetics as well. There are many more medicinal properties of this unique fruit, but unfortunately it has gone far away from the new generation. Moreover, I can say with a claim that 80% of the children would not have even seen these fruits... who will be blamed? To the children or to us 'middle generation' people? In the name of plantation, they took leisure time by planting Neem, Saptaparni, Bougainvillea, Kaner and Alana Falana trees… No one even bothered that the jungle Jalebi, Tamarind, Phalsa, Amla, Tendu, Sharife, Jamun, Khirni, Kamarkha, Mulberry, Plants like mango, kosum, bhilma, papaya, guava and harfarewadi should also be planted. Why is the concept of community forest not there in our country? I have seen two types of fruit forests in the Russian countryside. A fruit forest was free for the children of the village, where the elders were not allowed to enter directly but were allowed to pluck fruits by paying some amount. In the evening, the army of children used to enjoy a lot in this fruit forest. The second fruit forest was prepared for the birds. Amazing concept.. First we are the people of India, even the tree guards steal, don't even talk about fruits.....
Tell me, how many of you have tasted these fruits? What are they called in your area? By the way, scientists from all over the world recognize it by the name of Phyllanthus acidus and the jailers of the British era call it Star Gooseberry or Malay Gooseberry. I am more interested in knowing its Indian local names, tell me.
If you go astray, you will also get Harfarevadi, if you find it, make sure to introduce the children to it.. By the way, someday I will explain the #country's knowledge related to Harfarevadi in detail, for now, just enjoy this much... Ok, Tata, bye-bye.
