Pankaj ji I am surprised you could not identify persimon, although this one is more reddish than usual one. I had uploaded both astringent (when not fully ripe) and non-astringent types. But don't worry I feared worst when I came to Delhi. I had seen a girl for match (she is now my wife) in 1976. Next day her brother and sister came to my place. I asked them to wait in my room, and rushed to the next fruit shop, bought what I thought strawberry, only realizing after the shopkeeper handed it over to me, that was not strawberry. I rushed home, gave them the fruit and told them to eat it the way you like. Later I cam to know that it was litchi.
-- 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/ On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Trust me dear. Its very tasty......!! > Pankaj > room > > > 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) >
