Nice Story Pankaj ji,
we get these fruits in germany, they come from Israel. When they are
ripe they taste really juicy and sweet. I like them.
I had a ukraine colleague. He ate them just once when I offered him one
fruit. "Tasty, what is it called" he asked.
"It is Kaki", I answered. He had almost eaten the fruit till then, but
his face expressed disgust, not because the fruit tasted unwell, but
because Kaki meant shit in his language.
Never ask the name of the fruit, you are eating.
Regards
Nalini
Am 31.10.2011 07:52, schrieb prasad dash:
Wao............ Pankaj bring some fruit for us also.Very nice fruits.
Also nice sets of discussion.
Regards
Prasad
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Kamasani ji
Initially I also thought one growing in Kashmir as D. virginiana,
but only after Kenneth told me and saw D. virginiana in California
that I came to know than both elongated orange red fruits
(astringent one) and depressed yellow ones belong to D. kaki only.
D. virginiana has larger, distinctly glaucous and thicker leaves.
--
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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/
<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/>
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:28 AM, kamasani narasimhareddy
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dr. Pankajji,
Two years back one of my friend brother brought from Saudi
area as a
Kashmir Sapota. It may be a Diospyros virginiana. Please visit
below
site
http://www.google.co.in/search?q=diospyros+virginiana+berries&tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&gbv=2&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=3188l9500l0l13016l19l15l0l0l0l0l719l719l6-1l1l0&oq=diospyros+virginiana+berries&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1
<http://www.google.co.in/search?q=diospyros+virginiana+berries&tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&gbv=2&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=3188l9500l0l13016l19l15l0l0l0l0l719l719l6-1l1l0&oq=diospyros+virginiana+berries&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1>
Reddy, K.N
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:00 AM, [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> This persimmon is currently being sold in Mumbai as
'Amarphal'. The fruit
> vendor said that they are sourced from Kashmir.
> Have attached some cell-phone shots of the fruit; diameter :
7 cm. Seed size
> : 2.5 cm long x 0.8 cm wide.
> Thank you Dr Pankaj and Dr Singh for sharing your experiences.
>
> Best wishes, Viplav
>
>
> 2011/10/31 Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
>>
>> Ghosh ji
>> In plenty in temperate areas, especially Kashmir, Manali,
Nainital, etc. I
>> had uploaded two Manali, thinking one to be American D.
virginiana, but as
>> it turned both were D. kaki, one astringent form and ne
nn-astringent form.
>> Here is the link.
>>
>>
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Diospyros$20from$20Manali/indiantreepix/VRGdGWE6KQ8/I7db27ZwzbUJ
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Diospyros$20from$20Manali/indiantreepix/VRGdGWE6KQ8/I7db27ZwzbUJ>
>> --
>> 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/
<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot Balkar sir, Sathish sir, Rakesh sir, Ghosh
sir and Vijay.
>>> No Vijay, I have yet to give her the guavas :P....
>>> Pankaj
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 31, 2:23 am, "Ghosh Dr. Ashok Kumar"
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Is this fruit available in India?
>>> >
>>> > On Oct 30, 6:26 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]
<mailto:[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
>>> >
>>> > > --
>>> > >
>>> > >
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