The fruits in Picture are loquat... not Ramphal... Loquat I had two trees and thousands of these fruits every year..could not give them away nobody wanted them.. ate when ripe, made jam... etc but how many can you eat?
Ramphal comes in Kolkata markets once in a while... like like a sitaphal in disguise... I found this thread , I was looking for some nice discussion , if any, on Lemons in India.. since they originated in India... but alas so far after about 30 threads that search in this group pulled up still have not run into one... big disappointment... giving up search.... IF ANY ONE KNOWS OF A THREAD OR TWO ABOUT LEMONS IN INDIA AT THIS GROUP PLEASE WRITE HERE AND GIVE A LINK Thanks Usha di ============ On Jan 12 2011, 4:40 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > In addition to Annona reticulata being named as Ramphal (Sanskrit and > possibly other Indian languages) in Nepal Ramphal is Dillenia indica (as per > CSIR Useful Plants of India). > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Ninad Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Pankaj Sir, > > Thanks for sharing photos and nice information. > > Till now, even I was aware of only one "Ramphal" i.e. Annona reticulata (as > > Mani ji mentioned) > > so, sharing Flower pic of Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. with you all > > clicked in Uttarakhand. > > Details: > > Location: Ghuttu, Tehri Dist, Uttarakhand > > Date: August12, 2010 > > Elevation 1100m asl > > Habit Tree > > Habitat Planted (In the garden of Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam's > > Guest House) > > > Thanks and Regards > > Ninad > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Ninad Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > >> Date: Jan 12, 1:05 pm > >> Subject: Fruits and Vegetables Week: Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) > >> Lindl. > >> To: efloraofindia > > >> Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 102. > >> 1821. > > >> Basionym: Mespilus japonica Thunb. Syst. Veg., ed. 14 (J. A. Murray). > >> 466. 1784. > > >> Family: Rosaceae > > >> These fruits were seen on the bank of river ganges at Haridwar. > >> Usually people there have this tendency of attaching the fruit name > >> with the mythological god or goddess and they called it Ramphal. But I > >> assume in both hindi and english this is called as Loquat but not > >> sure. It is very sweet and tasty to eat. I was also tempted to share > >> this ancient chinese painting of the same plant from Wikipedia. > > >> Uses (Wikipedia): The loquat is comparable with its distant relative, > >> the apple, in many aspects, with a high sugar, acid and pectin > >> content. It is eaten as a fresh fruit and mixes well with other fruits > >> in fresh fruit salads or fruit cups. Firm, slightly immature fruits > >> are best for making pies or tarts. The fruits are also commonly used > >> to make jam, jelly, and chutney, and are often served poached in light > >> syrup. > > >> Loquat syrup is used in Chinese medicine for soothing the throat like > >> a cough drop. The leaves, combined with other ingredients and known as > >> pipa gao (枇杷膏; pinyin: pípágāo; literally "loquat paste"), it acts as > >> a demulcent and an expectorant, as well as to soothe the digestive and > >> respiratory systems. Loquats can also be used to make light wine. > >> Like most related plants, the seeds (pips) and young leaves of the > >> plant are slightly poisonous, containing small amounts of cyanogenic > >> glycosides (including amygdalin) which release cyanide when digested, > >> though the low concentration and bitter flavour normally prevents > >> enough being eaten to cause harm. > > >> In Japan, it is eaten fresh or sometimes canned because the flesh is > >> sweet. However, the waste ratio is 30% or more, due to the size of the > >> seed. Among other things, it is processed to confectionery including > >> jellies and the jam. > > >> Eaten in quantity, loquats have a gentle but noticeable sedative > >> effect, with effects lasting up to 24 hours. > > >> It is also fermented into a fruit wine, sometimes using just the > >> crystal sugar and white liquor. Lemon or lemon zest is often paired > >> with the wine because the fruit has very low acidity. Aficionados also > >> enjoy a sake made exclusively from the seed, which has an aroma much > >> like apricot kernel. Due to the presence of cyanogenic glycosides, > >> bulk consumption may pose a risk of cyanide poisonings. > > >> Common names: > >> The name loquat derives from lou4 gwat1, the Cantonese pronunciation > >> of its old classical Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 芦橘; traditional > >> Chinese: 蘆橘; pinyin: lújú, literally "reed orange"). In modern > >> Chinese, it is more commonly known as pipa (Chinese: 枇杷; pinyin: > >> pípá), from the resemblance of its shape to that of the Chinese > >> musical instrument pipa (琵琶). Likewise, in Japanese it is called biwa, > >> similarly named from the corresponding musical instrument, biwa. It is > >> also known as the "Japanese medlar", an appellation used in many > >> languages: nêspera or magnório (Portuguese), níspero (Spanish), lokaat > >> (Hindi), japanska mušmula or nešpula (Croatian), naspli (Maltese), > >> nespola (Italian), náspolya (Hungarian), nespra (Catalan), nèfle du > >> Japon or bibasse (French), L'meshmash (Algerian), néspera (Galician). > >> Other names include: שסק sheseq (Hebrew), إسكدنيا Iskidunya, إكيدنيا > >> Ik(k)idunya, Aki Dini,Igadinya or Bashmala بشملة (Arabic), Akkadeneh > >> or Akka Dhuniya (Lebanese), mushmula or Nor Ashkhar (Armenian), > >> mushmala (Georgian), mushmolla verore (summer medlar) (Albanian), > >> μούσμουλο/μούσμουλα moúsmoulo/moúsmoula (sg/pl) or mespilia (Greek), > >> Japanse (wol)mispel (Dutch), yeni dünya, muşmula or Malta Eriği in > >> Turkish, mespila in Cyprus, mousmoula in Greece, despoles (δέσπολες) > >> in Crete , Pibasy in Malagasy,мушмула (mušmulá) in Russian, and > >> lukwart[4] in Afrikaans. The Armenian name Nor Ashkhar and the Turkish > >> name yeni dünya literally mean "new world", while the everyday Turkish > >> name for the fruit, Malta eriği, means 'Maltese plum', indicating > >> perhaps confusion over the fruit's origin. > > >> Regards > >> Pankaj > > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >> Research Associate > >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > >> Department of Habitat Ecology > >> Wildlife Institute of India > >> Post Box # 18 > >> Dehradun - 248001, India > > >> Eriobotrya japonica.jpg > >> 722KViewDownload > > >> Loquats_and_Mountain_Bird.jpg > >> 157KViewDownload > > > -- > > Ninad B. Raut > > Senior Research Fellow > > > "Survey and Mapping of Medicinal Plants in Uttarakhand" > > Department of Habitat Ecology > > Wildlife Institute of India > > P.O. Box # 18, Chandrabani > > Dehradun - 248 001. India > > Tel: 0135 26401 11 - 15
