Hahaha, couldnt stop laughing.... :)) Thanks for the compliments,,,, Pankaj
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> > 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. >> -- >> 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 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:28 AM, kamasani narasimhareddy >> <[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 >>> >>> >>> Reddy, K.N >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:00 AM, [email protected] <[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]> >>> >> >>> >> 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 >>> >> -- >>> >> 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 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar >>> >> <[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]> >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Is this fruit available in India? >>> >>> > >>> >>> > On Oct 30, 6:26 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) >>> >>> > >>> >>> > > Slide7.JPG >>> >>> > > 1037KViewDownload >>> >>> > >>> >>> > > Slide8.JPG >>> >>> > > 1147KViewDownload >>> >>> > >>> >>> > > Slide9.JPG >>> >>> > > 1288KViewDownload >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >> >> >> > > > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 > -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" 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