Ohh my god !! I have never seen a lime like this tanay On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis, the Budha's hand, finger citron, > flesh-finger citron. is a fragrant > citron<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citron> > variety whose fruit is segmented into finger-like sections > > The fruit has a thick peel and only a small amount of acidic flesh (if any) > and is juiceless and sometimes seedless. It is very fragrant and is used > predominantly by the Chinese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China> and > Japanese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan> for perfuming rooms and > personal items, such as clothing. The peel of the fruit can be candied into > succade <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succade>. In Western cooking, it is > often used for its zest <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zest>. The inner > white pith <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pith> is not bitter as is usually > the case with citrus, so the fingers may be cut off and then longitudinally > sliced, peel, pith, and all, and used in salads or scattered over cooked > foods such as fish. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected]
