Re: [Goanet] summer berry called bendsem
For sometime, this fruit puzzled me as well.unusual colour for a figfrom the garden of a certain Goa Book Club/GoaNet member from Borda...one finds the strangest of fruit in goan gardens. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoart/5447289930/in/photostream/ On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Edgar Silveira wrote: > Thank you for clarifying. > Am not sure where I got these berries/fruit from..likely the bills of Sancole. > There used to be several types of berries and as wilderness withered, many >> spices may have become extinct or rare. > > So what are the berries aside from the chunna, kandem, charrem? > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 7:15 AM, MD wrote: >> Message: 7 >> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:54:29 +0530 >> From: Edgar Silveira >> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" >> >> Subject: [Goanet] Is this the summer berry called bendsem? Take a >> look. >> Message-ID: >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar/6961010854/in/photostream >> >> Apologies if I posted this earlier. >> Am trying to hunt down this rarely seen summer berry...called >> bend-shem. This picture was taken last year and I cannot remember >> where I found these berries. >> >> Thank you. >> >> The picture is of a wild fruit, what we may call 'vovLam'. These are not >> shrub berries; rather the vovlam tree grows to a height. >> >> >> BeNsam are of two varieties, purple and white when ripe, these beNsam are >> juicy berries. (Like smaller varieties of Zamblam). Bensam shrubs, if >> allowed, grow into midsized trees. Varieties of cute little birds flock on >> these to devourer these Bensams during rainy season and children also >> relish them. White varietiy are generally not consumed by humans. >> >> >> There used to be several types of berries and as wilderness withered, many >> spices may have become extinct or rare. >> >> >> MD
Re: [Goanet] summer berry called bendsem
Thank you for clarifying. Am not sure where I got these berries/fruit from..likely the bills of Sancole. >>> There used to be several types of berries and as wilderness withered, many > spices may have become extinct or rare. So what are the berries aside from the chunna, kandem, charrem? On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 7:15 AM, MD wrote: > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:54:29 +0530 > From: Edgar Silveira > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > > Subject: [Goanet] Is this the summer berry called bendsem? Take a > look. > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar/6961010854/in/photostream > > Apologies if I posted this earlier. > Am trying to hunt down this rarely seen summer berry...called > bend-shem. This picture was taken last year and I cannot remember > where I found these berries. > > Thank you. > > The picture is of a wild fruit, what we may call 'vovLam'. These are not > shrub berries; rather the vovlam tree grows to a height. > > > BeNsam are of two varieties, purple and white when ripe, these beNsam are > juicy berries. (Like smaller varieties of Zamblam). Bensam shrubs, if > allowed, grow into midsized trees. Varieties of cute little birds flock on > these to devourer these Bensams during rainy season and children also > relish them. White varietiy are generally not consumed by humans. > > > There used to be several types of berries and as wilderness withered, many > spices may have become extinct or rare. > > > MD
[Goanet] summer berry called bendsem
Message: 7 Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:54:29 +0530 From: Edgar Silveira To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" Subject: [Goanet] Is this the summer berry called bendsem? Take a look. Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectedgar/6961010854/in/photostream Apologies if I posted this earlier. Am trying to hunt down this rarely seen summer berry...called bend-shem. This picture was taken last year and I cannot remember where I found these berries. Thank you. The picture is of a wild fruit, what we may call 'vovLam'. These are not shrub berries; rather the vovlam tree grows to a height. BeNsam are of two varieties, purple and white when ripe, these beNsam are juicy berries. (Like smaller varieties of Zamblam). Bensam shrubs, if allowed, grow into midsized trees. Varieties of cute little birds flock on these to devourer these Bensams during rainy season and children also relish them. White varietiy are generally not consumed by humans. There used to be several types of berries and as wilderness withered, many spices may have become extinct or rare. MD
