They even sell the inflated dry fruits. Never tasted them yet. Will try soon :)Its good for health :P Pankaj
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- ********************************************************************** "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)
