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Pulasan tree with ripe fruits photographed in Kerala. Nephelium ramboutan-ake, the pulasan, [1] is a tropical fruit in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. [2] It is closely related to the rambutan and sometimes confused with it. Other related soapberry family fruits include lychee and longan. [2]
A group of tropical fruit. Varieties of tropical fruit include: Abiu; Açaí; Acerola (West Indian cherry; Barbados cherry) Achachairú (Bolivian mangosteen; achacha) Ackee; Atemoya; Avocado (alligator pear) Banana; Bengal currant,(Christ's thorn,[1] Carandas plum, Karonda, Karanda and Kanna) Biribá (lemon meringue pie fruit) Black sapote ...
During the 1st International Consultation on Tropical Fruits held in Malaysia on 15–19 July 1996, delegates from 22 countries conferred about economic and trade issues that centered on the current situation of the tropical fruit industry, future prospects for fresh and processed tropical fruits, tariff concerns, [5] and phytosanitary and quarantine measures.
The name "durian" is derived from the Malay word duri (thorn), a reference to the numerous prickly thorns on the fruit's rind, combined with the noun-building suffix -an. [5] [6] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was first used in English in 1588, in a translation of Juan González de Mendoza's Historie of the Great and Mightie Kingdome of China. [5]
The fruit is the shape, size, and colour of a grapefruit with a thin melon-like rind and a concentrated sweet taste comparable to mango, soursop and pineapple combined. At the government experimental station near Kuching , Sarawak , they are grown on elevated platforms and said to start producing in less than two years.
Artocarpus anisophyllus, the entawak or mentawa, is a tropical tree in the Moraceae. It is native to the central parts of Southeast Asia, and is present in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and the intervening islands. It is called popwan in Palawan, Philippines. It bears round, 3–4 inch long, brownish yellow fruit.
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Trees begin to bear fruit at 3–6 years for trees planted by seed and at 2–4 years for clonal trees. Blossoms are common from February to April and then again in August to October in southern Malaysia, as opposed to in western Java, where cempedak tend to flower in July and August. From flowering to ripening fruit takes about 2–4 months. [2]