Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica) 餘甘子
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica) 餘甘子
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica) flesh and the pit.餘甘子果肉及果核.
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica) seeds.餘甘子的種子.
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica) seed germination in 12 days. 餘甘子種子12天孵出.
Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica) seed germination. 餘甘子種子孵出並長出子葉.
The most unexpected taste of fruit I have ever tried! Got 3 from supermarket today, I was thinking I have heard of this but never taste it so it will be fun experience. Well, different for sure!! 😦 “The taste of Indian gooseberry is sour, bitter and astringent, and it is quite fibrous. In India, it is common to eat gooseberries steeped in salt water and turmeric to make the sour fruits palatable."(From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllanthus_emblica ) I must say the quote is so true…not my kind of fruit. Although the after taste in the mouth soon turn sweet, weird!
More info see this link: http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/emblica_officinalis.htm
今天超市看到有賣就買了3小顆來嚐味道. 有聽過這種水果卻沒嚐過所以就買回家試吃. 照果實的瓣紋切開後嚐了一下果肉,哇,好苦澀…可是幾秒後就回甘變的甘甜,好奇怪的水果啊! “果實可以生食，味酸、微澀苦而甘香，食用先苦後甘，口中尚餘甘味，可生津止渴。乾葉可作枕頭填料。亦可藥用。"(維基百科: http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E9%A4%98%E7%94%98%E5%AD%90 ) 不過在嚐過它後,以後不會再買.
更多資料請看此連結: http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/emblica_officinalis.htm
它不是我喜歡的那種水果. 😦
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My friend gave me one of these to try last year, I didn’t think it would be quite so sour tasting either!
It certainly has unique taste!
I had one once at an Indian restaurant in some kind of pickle. Don’t remember much about the flavor but apparently didn’t feel the urge to run out and find them for myself.
A mix of sour and bitter taste. Water tastes sweet after this. May taste reasonable with a light sprinkle of salt. Mostly used as medicine and for ‘pickling’ in syrup.
Yes, that is what I learned about this fruit. Thank you for your comment! 🙂
wonderful!!
you’re a master of food, flowers and two languages!! plus latin for the plant names.
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I don’t know if the Indian gooseberry has the same taste as “normal" gooseberry but if it does, I love it! My relatives had some bushes in their holiday cottage so it brings me memories of my childhood. I love, love, love it! Apparently, in the UK they make gooseberry flavour yogurts. Delicious!
Gooseberry is shrub, Ribes uva-crispa (and syn. Ribes grossularia), which tastes fine, the Indian gooseberry is a large tree. Their fruit taste quite different. I thought Indian gooseberry will be more sour but it is more “different" than my expectation. Thank you for your comment! 🙂
Good to know! I’m not really comfortable in the world of different fruit and veggies… :S It’s always good to learn something new! Now need to find a way to have a taste of this 🙂
You may not like this though… Just give you a heads up! 🙂
try drinking water after having it (either salted and dried or fresh), it leaves a nice aftertaste
Thank you for your comment. Perhaps I will try that next time! 🙂