[NAFEX] questions about persimmons

Lon J. Rombough lonrom at hevanet.com
Tue Oct 14 18:00:24 EDT 2008


The condition is called a bezoar.  It's real.  It's a concretion of 
skins and seeds, though you have to eat a LOT of them.  I've heard it's 
most common among hunters who eat wild persimmons while they are in the 
woods and include a lot of partially ripe ones.
-Lon Rombough
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On Oct 14, 2008, at 2:56 PM, rob hamilton wrote:

Somehow remember being told that eating a lot of unpeeled persimmons 
can cause a condition where the skins can collect in the bowel. Is this 
true? and what is this condition called?

Also has anyone even made tea out of the leaves?  If so when is the 
best time to use them?

Robert

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