NA bha:
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usha di
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On Oct 31, 3:56 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:
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> > Wao............ Pankaj bring some fruit for us also.Very nice fruits.
> > Also nice sets of discussion.
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> > Regards
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> > Prasad
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> > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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> > 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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> > --
> > 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 11:28 AM, kamasani narasimhareddy
> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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> > Dr. Pankajji,
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> > 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
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> >
> > http://www.google.co.in/search?q=diospyros+virginiana+berries&tbm=isc...
> >
> > <http://www.google.co.in/search?q=diospyros+virginiana+berries&tbm=isc...>
>
> > Reddy, K.N
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> > 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.
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> >
> > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Diospyros$20...
> >
> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Diospyros$...>
> > >> --
> > >> 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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> > --
> > Prasad Kumar Dash
> > Ecologist, Orissa, India
> > email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > ph. 09437444241
