Thank you very much for all the info provided. Regards Dev On 30 January 2012 02:29, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think Giby got it right! The description matches well with the fruit of > Asian palmyra palm (Tamil name: Panai maram). > > It is the 'state tree of Tamil Nadu' and every part of it is used, for > various purposes. According to an ancient Tamil literature, the tree has > 801 uses in all. Nongu or Nungu is the nutritious endosperm which is > edible, cool and sweet, like that of coconut. It is usually available > during peak summer. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I think you are mentioning about *Borassus flabellifer *. If so, it is >> 'Nongu'. >> May be Kottaimuthu, Rathinasaphapathy or Vijay can confirm it. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borassus_flabellifer >> >> >> Regards >> Giby >> >> >> >> >> On 30 January 2012 00:11, Dev Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> No photograph. Just text. From an email sent by a friend - >>> >>> "*what can you tell me about this fruit (name included - `noong' came >>> into my mind, but I could be horribly wrong) sold in South India, >>> purple/dark blue skin, white flesh, very juicy, used to quench thirst - >>> resembles mangosteen, probably a relative? Possibly related to lychees >>> also? I remember one long family trip to the South, this endless bus ride, >>> halt at Dindigul and these fruits being sold, my father repeatedly asking >>> if I wanted to try some and my outright refusal because I had Gold Spot and >>> Limca and Mangola and assorted Sharbats on my mind. Have looked up >>> Wikipedia several times, but hard if you have no name for said item."* >>> ** >>> Am sure at least one of our members will get the name. >>> >>> Regards >>> Dev >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD >> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), >> Royal Enclave, >> Jakkur Post, Srirampura >> Bangalore- 560064 >> India >> Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) >> visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >> > >
