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[Fruit Species]

Hi to all fruit lovers here. A new year and a new begining.

Just a little intro. I love fruits and have the benefit of travelling around to taste all types of funny and rare fruits. It is a real challenge for me to keep going on sourcing for new and unfamiliar fruits.

I would like to share my journey and passion with all of you here, be it for info or maybe you may try some new fruits too.

I'll start of with.....

"Fijian Longan"

Anybody tried it before? It is quite nice but not as sweet as the normal longan.

http://fruitspecies.blogspot.com/2011/11/fijian-longan.html

[fruity jenny]

Hi Fruit Species,

Welcome to the forum.

The fruit looks amazing! I haven't tried it. Is it a tropical fruit? Mangosteen is the most unusual fruit I've tried of late and it was yummy with a similar looking skin.

Take care,
  Jenny

[Roberta]

Hi Fruit Species,
great topic, I am looking forward to getting to know about new strange fruits!
Thanks!
Roberta 

[sunmaiden]

Welcome Fruit Species!  Its so nice to see you journaling here!  Thanks so much for identifying my mystery fruit, under unusual fruits, as langsat!  How fortunate and fun it must be to try a number of rarer fruits!  Yum!  I've never had a logan, but they look sweet and perhaps a little crunchy?  Like jackfruit?  I love the firmer type of rambutan with sugary, slightly crisp fruit... the other kinds of rambutan are nice too though

I'm really looking forward to reading more of your posts!

Best Wishes,
 
Sunmaiden

[Fruit Species]

Hi Fruit Species,
great topic, I am looking forward to getting to know about new strange fruits!
Thanks!
Roberta 

Thank you for your welcome. There will be many more exotic fruits to come..

Welcome Fruit Species!  Its so nice to see you journaling here!  Thanks so much for identifying my mystery fruit, under unusual fruits, as langsat!  How fortunate and fun it must be to try a number of rarer fruits!  Yum!  I've never had a logan, but they look sweet and perhaps a little crunchy?  Like jackfruit?  I love the firmer type of rambutan with sugary, slightly crisp fruit... the other kinds of rambutan are nice too though

I'm really looking forward to reading more of your posts!

Best Wishes,
 
Sunmaiden

Thanks for the welcome. Longan is not as sweet and juicy as the lychee. Rambutan is nice too but the stupid skin of the seed usually adhere to the flesh. Here's the rambutan for you

Hi Fruit Species,

Welcome to the forum.

The fruit looks amazing! I haven't tried it. Is it a tropical fruit? Mangosteen is the most unusual fruit I've tried of late and it was yummy with a similar looking skin.

Take care,
  Jenny

Thanks for the welcome. It is a tropical fruit that supposed to be native to Fiji too, hence the name. Here's the mangosteen for you too It is one of the best, sweet and juicy fruits around.

For more info:
http://fruitspecies.blogspot.com/2007/09/rambutan-red-skin.html

For more info:
http://fruitspecies.blogspot.com/2008/08/mangosteen.html

[sunmaiden]

Nice pictures!  We get two types of rambutans here: the ones that separate from the pit and the ones that are still connected.  The separating kind are always more expensive and usually sweeter-crisper, but sometimes the connected kind is very sweet and juicy with strawberry like flavor.  I'll check out your blog too!

Best Wishes,
 
Sunmaiden

[sunmaiden]

Hi Fruit Species,

Your site is such a treasure!  I'm bookmarking it in my favorite places to visit!  Wow!  Great work!

All the Best
 
Sunmaiden

[fruitbat]

Dear Fruit Species 
A Big Hello and Welcome to the forum 
It is Wonderful to have you join us   
And Thank You so much for sharing your fruity knowledge and photographs 

I look forward to reading more of your entries, and Thank you too for the links to your website 

Wishing you a Beautiful Day 
Love and Peaches,
from Anne XX 

[Fruit Species]

Hi Fruit Species,

Your site is such a treasure!  I'm bookmarking it in my favorite places to visit!  Wow!  Great work!

All the Best
 
Sunmaiden

Thanks for dropping by... It has taken me years and lots of time and $$$ to keep it going...

Dear Fruit Species 
A Big Hello and Welcome to the forum 
It is Wonderful to have you join us   
And Thank You so much for sharing your fruity knowledge and photographs 

I look forward to reading more of your entries, and Thank you too for the links to your website 

Wishing you a Beautiful Day 
Love and Peaches,
from Anne XX 

Thanks for your welcome.




And here's the not so common, hairless cousin of the rambutan: "Pulasan"
I find this fruit tastes slightly better compared to the rambutan but rather difficult to find as most countries do not sell or cultivate this exotic fruit.

For more info on this fruit:
http://fruitspecies.blogspot.com/2007/11/pulasan.html

[sunmaiden]

Ooh, I'd love to try that one some day!
I'm just curious, has most of your fruit traveling/tasting been in Asia?  Or have you spent time in central/south america too?   I love how fruit seeds have traveled and found homes in similar climates... the langsat and mangosteen seem to have made their way from Asia to the Americas with immigrants and visitors, especially in shipping, but I don't know all the fruit history.  I certainly hope these rarer fruits become more widely cultivated so more people can enjoy them!

Best Wishes,
 
Sunmaiden

[Fruit Species]

Ooh, I'd love to try that one some day!
I'm just curious, has most of your fruit traveling/tasting been in Asia?  Or have you spent time in central/south america too?   Sunmaiden

Asia seemed to have the most diversity of fruits. I am going to the island of Borneo soon and that place alone have so many types of rare fruits which can't be found anywhere else on Earth.

South America is another place that come in second. Here's a fruit which is native to SA:

"Peanut Butter Fruit"

Anyone like peanut butter? The texture of the flesh looks like one but not the taste nor the color!

For more info:
http://fruitspecies.blogspot.com/2012/01/peanut-butter-fruit.html

[fruitbat]

Dear Fruitspecies 
Personally, I have found the Peanut Butter Fruit to taste very much like peanut butter.
I have a tree growing in my garden, and it had flowers, but they fell off and the fruit did not set; so I tasted the fallen flowers, and they tasted to me like peanut butter too!

It is great you are going to Borneo  I went to a talk at my local Fruit Club by a man who lives in Far North Queensland, but who has spent time in Borneo, and he has brought 60 varieties of Borneo fruit to Australia.
I would love to try the Red Durian that grows there. Have you tried it before?

I hope you have a Wonderful time in Borneo, and please keep us posted about the fruits there 
Wishing you a Beautiful Day 
Love and Peaches,
from Anne XX

[Fruit Species]

Dear Fruitspecies 

Personally, I have found the Peanut Butter Fruit to taste very much like peanut butter.
I have a tree growing in my garden, and it had flowers, but they fell off and the fruit did not set; so I tasted the fallen flowers, and they tasted to me like peanut butter too!

It is great you are going to Borneo  I went to a talk at my local Fruit Club by a man who lives in Far North Queensland, but who has spent time in Borneo, and he has brought 60 varieties of Borneo fruit to Australia.
I would love to try the Red Durian that grows there. Have you tried it before?

I hope you have a Wonderful time in Borneo, and please keep us posted about the fruits there 
Wishing you a Beautiful Day 
Love and Peaches,
from Anne XX

Could it be the other species, also known by this same common English name, Peanut butter fruit too. Botanical name is "Bunchosia argentea" instead. It looks identical as it belongs to the same family and this is more common than the one I had posted. And this fruit tastes like peanut butter.

I have not been to Borneo before, so absolutely no chance to try it yet as no where else in the world grown that wild red durian with the stunning red pulp! Hopefully, it will be in season when I go over there.

Well, in the meantime, have to make do with the normal yellow durian It's a fruit that either you swear by it or avoid it like a plague.....

http://fruitspecies.blogspot.com/2011/11/durian.html

 

[sunmaiden]

Interesting to have the color and appearance, but not the taste!  I am sometimes so surprised by the difference in taste between varieties.  Passion fruits (Maracuya in Spanish) come to mind as one is brilliantly flavored and sweet and another type is flavored but sour, only good mixed with orange juice.

Enjoy your trip to Borneo, when you go!  Trying red durian, and many other delicacies sounds like a treat!  Do you work on seed saving/grafting/wider dispersal of the fruits when you go, in addition to taste?  I am always fascinated by new varieties of unusual fruits and go out of my way to try them when I can, but I agree its best to try them in their native environment, where they are freshest!

 
Sunmaiden

[fruitbat]

Dear Fruit Species 
The one I have tasted and is growing in my garden is, I believe, Bunchosia argentea.
I have heard there are two similar related species, Bunchosia agrentea and Bunchosia armeniaca.

And now I am a little confused because in the book, 'Brazilian fruits', by Harri Lorenzi, the plant whose leaves and flowers look most like mine is the Bunchosia armeniaca!

It seems there may be a little confusion because looking at images on the internet, some plants that look like mine are labelled argentea whilst others are called armeniaca.

Thank you for your information  And Nice-looking Durian! 
Love and Peaches,
from Anne XX