Trust me dear. Its very tasty......!! Pankaj
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Sid <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow interesting story. Though I have seen that fruit, I have never tried it. > Thanks of the nice pictures and the nice story. > > Sid. > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I went to city to buy some stuff with one of our staff members, Daisy >> Hu. While we were returning, I bought some guava and she bought some, >> what I thought was tomato. Then she came to me and gifted me one of >> those tomato and asked me to try it. >> I smiled, "I know how tomato tastes". She said, "no this is not a tomato". >> Hesitantly, I took it and came home. >> In the evening she called me to say, "wise man, you are too bad". I >> said," why?". She replied, " when a girl gifts you something you >> should have gifted her the guavas". I couldnt stop laughing. She >> asked, "did you taste the fruit, do it now if you haven't and you will >> know its not a tomato". >> And finally I tasted what I thought to be tomato. And I am glad that I >> was wrong. Its one of the best fruits I have ever tasted. Very >> peculiar color and very peculiar taste. >> >> Its commonly called the Persimmon. >> Diospyros kaki Thunb. >> Family: Ebenaceae >> This is a very high value medicinal plant. >> >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> >> -- >> ********************************************************************** >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Conservation Officer >> >> Office: >> Flora Conservation Department >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> Residence: >> 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> email: [email protected] >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) >> +852 9436 6251 (mobile) > > -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Conservation Officer Office: Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) +852 9436 6251 (mobile)
