Hahahaha, thats funny sir.... good good your litchi worked :)) actually they were kept among the vegetables along with tomato too. and I didnt notice the persistent sepals..... even later when I saw the sepals, I thought it must be some different species of tomato. I could realise only when I cut it !!! :)) Pankaj
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) > > > > -- ********************************************************************** "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)
