Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 Last night while shopping, I came across an organic fruit labeled as " Buddah's Hand. " It was shaped as a hand, about the same size, cupped, with long fingers. It was yellow and had skin like a lemon (with perhaps deeper " pores " ). Since it was $10, I didn't bring it home. I've not found any information about it on the internet. Not even a good picture of it on www.images.google.com. Who can tell me more about this and whether I want to buy one to try it? Thanks! Annette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 Is this what you saw? http://ccpp.ucr.edu/variety/images/vi369f.jpg http://cnas.ucr.edu/~citrus/fruits/finger.htm Quick research shows it is a type of citron aka fingered citron. 'Fingered Citron', Plate XXI, ('Buddha's Hand', or 'Buddha's Fingers'; C. medica var. sarcodactylus Swing.); called fu shou in China, bushukon in Japan, limau jari, jeruk tangan, limau kerat lingtang, in Malaya; djerook tangan in Indonesia; som-mu in Thailand; phât thu in Vietnam. The fruit is corrugated, wholly or partly split into about 5 finger-like segments, with little or no flesh; seedless or with loose seeds. The fruit is highly fragrant and is placed as an offering on temple altars. It is commonly grown in China and Japan; is candied in China. -Tim --- cloudriver <cloudriver wrote: > Last night while shopping, I came across an organic fruit labeled as > " Buddah's Hand. " It was shaped as a hand, about the same size, > cupped, with long fingers. It was yellow and had skin like a lemon > (with perhaps deeper " pores " ). Since it was $10, I didn't bring it > home. I've not found any information about it on the internet. Not > even a good picture of it on www.images.google.com. Who can tell me > more about this and whether I want to buy one to try it? > > Thanks! > Annette > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 That's it, Tim! Thank you! (You obviously used a better search engine than I did.) I guess I'm glad I didn't spend my $10. Although it would look pretty on the altar that we brought back from Bali, I really wanted to try a new fruit to eat. No flesh ...... Thanks again, Tim. Annette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2002 Report Share Posted November 4, 2002 Thankyou so very much your research. One word is missed spell in your writing, in Vietnam ,it is called: " trai phat_ thu " ,most Vietnaeses know about this when they have experience about herbs. Thank again JOJO TRAN On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Timothy D. Lottridge wrote: > Is this what you saw? > http://ccpp.ucr.edu/variety/images/vi369f.jpg > http://cnas.ucr.edu/~citrus/fruits/finger.htm > > Quick research shows it is a type of citron aka fingered citron. > > 'Fingered Citron', Plate XXI, ('Buddha's Hand', or 'Buddha's Fingers'; C. > medica var. sarcodactylus Swing.); called fu shou in China, bushukon in Japan, > limau jari, jeruk tangan, limau kerat lingtang, in Malaya; djerook tangan in > Indonesia; som-mu in Thailand; phât thu in Vietnam. The fruit is corrugated, > wholly or partly split into about 5 finger-like segments, with little or no > flesh; seedless or with loose seeds. The fruit is highly fragrant and is placed > as an offering on temple altars. It is commonly grown in China and Japan; is > candied in China. > > -Tim > > > --- cloudriver <cloudriver wrote: > > Last night while shopping, I came across an organic fruit labeled as > > " Buddah's Hand. " It was shaped as a hand, about the same size, > > cupped, with long fingers. It was yellow and had skin like a lemon > > (with perhaps deeper " pores " ). Since it was $10, I didn't bring it > > home. I've not found any information about it on the internet. Not > > even a good picture of it on www.images.google.com. Who can tell me > > more about this and whether I want to buy one to try it? > > > > Thanks! > > Annette > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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