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I've seen ONE diospyrobezoar in a horse.  A firm mass
of compacted persimmon seeds, seed capsules, and, I
suppose skins, approximately six inches long, with a
diameter of approximately 2.5 inches; it obstructed
the horse's duodenum, resulting in colic and death.
It occupies a spot in my collection of
trichobezoars(hairballs), enteroliths, and rumen
magnets with their assorted captured 'hardware'.

Lucky 


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>From    : Lon J. Rombough[mailto:lonrom@hevanet.com]
Sent    : 10/14/2008 5:00:24 PM
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Subject : RE: Re: [NAFEX] questions about persimmons

 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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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

Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, <bold>The Grape
Grower,
</bold>at  http://www.bunchgrapes.com"; 
target="_new"> http://www.bunchgrapes.com >   Winner
of the Garden Writers
Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003. 

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http://www.vitisearch.com";  target="_new">
http://www.vitisearch.com > 

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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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 Now Zone 8a!! Atlanta, GA


 Atlanta Fruits Club www.groups.yahoo.com/atlanta_fruits

 North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX)  www.NAFEX.org

 Southern Fruit Fellowship (SFF) www.NAFEX.org/SFF

 Southeastern Palm and Exotic Plant Society (SPEPS) 

 www.SPEPS.net

 California Rare Fruit Growers

 www.crfg.org


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