Dear Renee: Yes its D. malabarica, called Gaab in bengali, is very sweet, local monkeys eat it up before we can get it or the local urchins, we have a couple of trees in the horticulture garden in Kolkata. Ushadi
On Apr 8, 2:57 pm, renee vyas vyas <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > Plz ID this Diospyros...flowering in Rani Bagh, Mumbai. Found a ripe fruit > fallen under the same tree, a bit eaten by the bird.......a person from Rani > Bagh told me that the fruit can eaten, so I ate the pulp there n there and > found it very tasty. I have attached the photo of the ripe fruit along with > the 6 seeds which came out of it. > > Thanks & regards, > > Renee > > IMG_4023_1.JPG > 274KViewDownload > > IMG_3995_1.JPG > 246KViewDownload > > IMG_3973_1.JPG > 335KViewDownload > > IMG_4008_1.JPG > 280KViewDownload > > IMG_4056_1.JPG > 371KViewDownload
