Wow very interesting. I heard that Tribal people in Kerala eat the ripened fruits of some *Diospyros *sp., I haven't seen that fruit yet. And they use to say that they get very few edible fruits because birds from the tree and rodents and deer from the ground eat the fruits.
Regards Giby On 30 October 2011 19:00, 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) >> > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
