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edible fruit from East Timor
Can somebody please identify the species of fruit tree included in
images at: http://www.box.net/shared/static/seh2oklc0g.jpg The place is East Timor. Photos taken last week. The locals said that the fruit was 'starvation food' among those people who took to the hills at the time of the Indonesian invasion. Note the spines on the branchlets. The skin of the fruit is hard, like that of a pomegranite. The texture of the pulp is sticky, the flavour somewhat like that of Passiflora edulis or passion fruit. |
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edible fruit from East Timor
Richard Wright wrote:
Can somebody please identify the species of fruit tree included in images at: http://www.box.net/shared/static/seh2oklc0g.jpg The place is East Timor. Photos taken last week. The locals said that the fruit was 'starvation food' among those people who took to the hills at the time of the Indonesian invasion. Note the spines on the branchlets. The skin of the fruit is hard, like that of a pomegranite. The texture of the pulp is sticky, the flavour somewhat like that of Passiflora edulis or passion fruit. That sure looks like a member of the Rutaceae, or citrus family. There are some wickedly spiny/prickly/thorny species. M. Reed |
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edible fruit from East Timor
On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:34:54 -0500, monique
wrote: Richard Wright wrote: Can somebody please identify the species of fruit tree included in images at: http://www.box.net/shared/static/seh2oklc0g.jpg The place is East Timor. Photos taken last week. The locals said that the fruit was 'starvation food' among those people who took to the hills at the time of the Indonesian invasion. Note the spines on the branchlets. The skin of the fruit is hard, like that of a pomegranite. The texture of the pulp is sticky, the flavour somewhat like that of Passiflora edulis or passion fruit. That sure looks like a member of the Rutaceae, or citrus family. There are some wickedly spiny/prickly/thorny species. M. Reed Thanks Monique. I am starting to think it is a species from the Capparaceae. Spines, globose fruit with hard outside skin like a pomegranite, pulpy flesh, tastes like passion fruit. |
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edible fruit from East Timor
Richard Wright wrote:
Can somebody please identify the species of fruit tree included in images at: http://www.box.net/shared/static/seh2oklc0g.jpg The place is East Timor. Photos taken last week. The locals said that the fruit was 'starvation food' among those people who took to the hills at the time of the Indonesian invasion. Note the spines on the branchlets. The skin of the fruit is hard, like that of a pomegranite. The texture of the pulp is sticky, the flavour somewhat like that of Passiflora edulis or passion fruit. I believe it's Aegle marmelos, the baelfruit, which, as Monique suggested, is Rutaceae. |
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edible fruit from East Timor
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:53:51 GMT, Malcolm Manners
wrote: Richard Wright wrote: Can somebody please identify the species of fruit tree included in images at: http://www.box.net/shared/static/seh2oklc0g.jpg The place is East Timor. Photos taken last week. The locals said that the fruit was 'starvation food' among those people who took to the hills at the time of the Indonesian invasion. Note the spines on the branchlets. The skin of the fruit is hard, like that of a pomegranite. The texture of the pulp is sticky, the flavour somewhat like that of Passiflora edulis or passion fruit. I believe it's Aegle marmelos, the baelfruit, which, as Monique suggested, is Rutaceae. Malcolm You may well be right. One residual problem for me is that the fruit tastes so distinctively of passion fruit. Yet checks I have made on the web describe the fruit of Aegle marmelos as slightly astringent - no flavour mentioned, so far as I can find. Some of the Capparaceae do taste of passion fruit. They are also spiny. Richard |
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Richard Wright wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:53:51 GMT, Malcolm Manners wrote: Richard Wright wrote: Can somebody please identify the species of fruit tree included in images at: http://www.box.net/shared/static/seh2oklc0g.jpg The place is East Timor. Photos taken last week. The locals said that the fruit was 'starvation food' among those people who took to the hills at the time of the Indonesian invasion. Note the spines on the branchlets. The skin of the fruit is hard, like that of a pomegranite. The texture of the pulp is sticky, the flavour somewhat like that of Passiflora edulis or passion fruit. I believe it's Aegle marmelos, the baelfruit, which, as Monique suggested, is Rutaceae. Malcolm You may well be right. One residual problem for me is that the fruit tastes so distinctively of passion fruit. Yet checks I have made on the web describe the fruit of Aegle marmelos as slightly astringent - no flavour mentioned, so far as I can find. Some of the Capparaceae do taste of passion fruit. They are also spiny. Richard It's been many years since I ate a baelfruit, but I don't recall any astringency in a fully ripened fruit. I do remember a strong fruity flavor (not specifically passionfruit, but that could be failing memory) and a rather slimy texture. If it was baelfruit, the shell is quite hard, and the way we used to break them open was to fast-pitch them against a tree trunk or sidewalk. Was this one's shell hard like that? Malcolm |
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edible fruit from East Timor
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:26:21 GMT, Malcolm Manners
wrote: Richard Wright wrote: On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:53:51 GMT, Malcolm Manners wrote: Richard Wright wrote: Can somebody please identify the species of fruit tree included in images at: http://www.box.net/shared/static/seh2oklc0g.jpg The place is East Timor. Photos taken last week. The locals said that the fruit was 'starvation food' among those people who took to the hills at the time of the Indonesian invasion. Note the spines on the branchlets. The skin of the fruit is hard, like that of a pomegranite. The texture of the pulp is sticky, the flavour somewhat like that of Passiflora edulis or passion fruit. I believe it's Aegle marmelos, the baelfruit, which, as Monique suggested, is Rutaceae. Malcolm You may well be right. One residual problem for me is that the fruit tastes so distinctively of passion fruit. Yet checks I have made on the web describe the fruit of Aegle marmelos as slightly astringent - no flavour mentioned, so far as I can find. Some of the Capparaceae do taste of passion fruit. They are also spiny. Richard It's been many years since I ate a baelfruit, but I don't recall any astringency in a fully ripened fruit. I do remember a strong fruity flavor (not specifically passionfruit, but that could be failing memory) and a rather slimy texture. If it was baelfruit, the shell is quite hard, and the way we used to break them open was to fast-pitch them against a tree trunk or sidewalk. Was this one's shell hard like that? Malcolm Malcolm Yes, indeed, the East Timor fruit fits your vivid description. Richard |
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edible fruit from East Timor
Richard Wright wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:26:21 GMT, Malcolm Manners wrote: Richard Wright wrote: On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:53:51 GMT, Malcolm Manners wrote: Richard Wright wrote: Can somebody please identify the species of fruit tree included in images at: http://www.box.net/shared/static/seh2oklc0g.jpg The place is East Timor. Photos taken last week. The locals said that the fruit was 'starvation food' among those people who took to the hills at the time of the Indonesian invasion. Note the spines on the branchlets. The skin of the fruit is hard, like that of a pomegranite. The texture of the pulp is sticky, the flavour somewhat like that of Passiflora edulis or passion fruit. I believe it's Aegle marmelos, the baelfruit, which, as Monique suggested, is Rutaceae. Malcolm You may well be right. One residual problem for me is that the fruit tastes so distinctively of passion fruit. Yet checks I have made on the web describe the fruit of Aegle marmelos as slightly astringent - no flavour mentioned, so far as I can find. Some of the Capparaceae do taste of passion fruit. They are also spiny. Richard It's been many years since I ate a baelfruit, but I don't recall any astringency in a fully ripened fruit. I do remember a strong fruity flavor (not specifically passionfruit, but that could be failing memory) and a rather slimy texture. If it was baelfruit, the shell is quite hard, and the way we used to break them open was to fast-pitch them against a tree trunk or sidewalk. Was this one's shell hard like that? Malcolm Malcolm Yes, indeed, the East Timor fruit fits your vivid description. Richard Good. Because your photos look exactly right for Aegle. Malcolm |
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