From: "Alfred de Tavares" Palponos in Sashti; Duliao, with a 'til' on 'a' in Bardez.
Green, about size of a papaya, bottle, thorns on outer skin but not as intense as on 'ponos'. Same type of 'gore' system iside but virgin white and as juicy as the insides of a 'kokum/bin'dam'; no 'pank' the very gluey sap within the jack-fruit. Don't remember botanical denomination. AT............................ Not really, Mr. Tavares. Duriao is actually the Portuguese word for Durian and a total misnomer for "Pathponos" [ though it is often mistakenly used]. Pathponos is an Anona like the Custard Apple or Sitaphal or Anther. Anona muricata is its Botanical name. Plenty of people are happy to call the White chickoo [ Casmirao edulis] as 'Mangustao' even though the white sapota has green skin and is related to the chikoo and Mangustao has red skin and is related to the Birindam/Kokum. Which reminds me of a leading architect in Goa who asked me to get "Sadafuli" plants but had the dwarf Lantana gold or 'ghanerem' in mind. Both flower throughout the year! I picked up a rhyme in Portuguese from a senior: "Asim sao coisas do mundo Quem nao sabe nadar , bato os culhoes o fundo!" And I always though 'culhoes' meant the buttocks in Portuguese, till a friend informed me it was the other way round! ;-( Viva Goa. Miguel Viva Goa.Say it with feni. MIGUEL BRAGANZA, Mhapsa Horticulturist/ Editor --------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
