ANSWERS to the Fruits/Veg/Plants

cumi&ciki — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:04:57 +0000

Thanks to all those who replied to our ‘plea’. We were hoping to receive more contributions to the fruits/veg/plants post but sadly there wasn’t enough. Is our audience void of plant biologists/horticulturists/farmers/planters?

With the help of contributors, we researched further to give you some answers…

Specimen A: Abiu (Pouteria caimito) – Apparently found mostly in Brazil and Australia. Although initially thought to be Vu Sua or Star Apple or Breast Milk Fruit. Closer inspection on Internet images showed that vu sua is mostly green with spots and red tints. Inside, the seeds seemed to be small. Thanks to Cathy from gastronomyblog who replied she also noticed the difference between abiu and vu sua. The fruit we had was yellow in color with large seeds. This website gave me this confirmation (which also gave me the answer to Specimen B!!).

Abiu might be a variant of Vu Sua or the other way round perhaps.

Specimen B: Akee (Blighia sapida) – The national fruit of Jamaica! Read about it from here or wiki. It did cross my mind to take a bite of the seed.. but then, I probably wouldn’t be writing this right now. Apparently it’s poisonous before ripe!

Specimen C - According to several readers, this fruit is pei pa or the chinese loquat. The fruit which syrups makes the yummy and healthy tonic, Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa. Its a tonic synonymous to reduce sore throat, coughs and various other ailments. You can probably find this tonic at any Chinese Medical Hall around the world.

It never occurred to me that this was a loquat tree, as it didn’t resemble the loquat tree i used to pluck fruit from ,when living in Perth. The fruits were of a completely different shape over there. I love loquats.

Specimen D - This one below still has us clueless. We haven’t found a name for it. It might even be a plant of a regular fruit we eat. HELP!
Its not passion fruit, nor plum and not fig either. Notice that it’s a vine plant and that the leaves cover the fruit which is about the size of small apple. I will have to pluck one of them during my next visit here. What is it?

What fruit/plant/veg? Enlisting the help of Netizens… in particular 1Malaysians

cumi&ciki — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:10:34 +0000

We found these specimens at Tanah Rimba and Bukit Tinggi Market. Your help in identifying them will bring good karma to you for enlightening many other netizens.Specimen A – Fruit. Looks like a yellow brinjal/persimmon. Tastes similar to a mildly sweet persimmon. Texture; smooth creamy/ over ripe persimmon. Size; a little bigger than a large orange.

Specimen B – Fruit. Probably non edible. Initially thought it was a poorly grown apple.

Specimen C – Fruit. Edible unknown. Should have taken home a sample.

Specimen D – Fruit. Again, i should have plucked one home to dissect!

The one below is self explanatory… Binjai(Mangifera caesia). Saw this at a PLUS Highway stop. Initially thought it was another name for the ciku fruit but apparently its different fruit altogether. A sweet sour white flesh mango which is indigenous to Borneo according to Wiki and another blog. Size; a really large ciku! I didn’t think about buying some for tasting until while typing this post.
There is also the wild mango variety called quinine which looks very similar to your supermarket mangoes, usually green and emits extra pungent mango scent when ripe. Usually very sweet and fibrous. I have a picture of it from a village orchard but can’t seem to locate it for this post.

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What fruit/plant/veg? Enlisting the help of Netizens… in particular 1Malaysians