MAPAA’s Dry Bikaneri Ker is a green berry-like fruit of a thorny bush(Capparis decidua) found in the arid parts of Rajasthan. It is very sour and is commonly available during the months of April and May.
Dry Bikaneri Ker is a small moderate-sized evergreen thorny tree, with slender branches armed with conical thorns and with light bluish-green foliage. The leaflets are dark green with a thin casting of light shade.
Although they belong to the same family as beans and lentils, they are usually distinguished as a separate group because of the ways in which they are prepared.
The different types of ker are all spherical and small in size, similar to radish pods, a feature that also sets them apart from beans and lentils.
MAPAA’s Dry Bikaneri Ker is produced by harvesting the pods when they are fully mature and then drying them.Once they are dried and the skins removed, they may split naturally.
Ker acts as a cooling anthelmintic; tonic cures leprosy, dysentery, bronchitis, asthma, leucoderma, piles and tremors of the muscles
