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pp888
December 2, 2011 4:03 AM Post #8913412
| Hi,
From the plant I am looking for I know only the fruits (see the middle of the picture). The fruits are smaller and a little bit slimmer than apples. The end where the flower has been is round (like a tomato). The fruit inside has a consistence like a firm pear. The flavor is fresh and sweet like an apple or a pear. In the middle there is no stone but a kind of small carpel which I unfortunately did not examine further.
As I was told by a Thai woman the name should be "phut saa". When looking up this name in Google I found only the translation "jujube" (Ziziphus spec.). Both species of that genus I know of (Chinese Jujube, Z. jujuba, and Indian Jujube, Z. mauritiana) have fruits which are very different from the fruits I have photographed and eaten.
The fruits have been sold in november in many places in the north-east part of Thailand. Can anybody help me?
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podge1980
Ubonratchathani
Thailand
December 10, 2011 4:06 AM Post #8923553
| I know these too but can't help. |
medlarman
Fairfax, VA (Zone 7a)
December 19, 2011 8:52 PM Post #8936448
| Compare your picture with that in the Khmer Online Dictionary -- the fruit looks similar and the Cambodians are identifying it as Z. mauritania. (Scroll down and click on the jujube listing -- I can't link to it directly from Dave's Garden).
http://dictionary.tovnah.com/topic/fruit/?img=1&offset=41&so...
Maybe these are just the regional version of Z. mauritania? I know Z. jujuba varies enormously between different cultivars; perhaps that's also true of the Indian jujube. |
bellieg
Virginia Beach, VA
December 20, 2011 5:43 AM Post #8936715
| As I was looking at the pictures on the link my mouth was watering!! lOL!! I ate lots of Thai fruits especially bought from the floating market. i wish i could go back!! So What had you decided it is?
Belle |
Alileo
Manila
Philippines
December 21, 2011 9:41 PM Post #8938947
| To me it looks like Spondias purpurea; the fruit is green at first, but turns reddish the more ripe it gets.
Try this link: http://www.stuartxchange.org/Sineguelas.html |
jujubetexas
San Marcos, TX (Zone 8b)
December 21, 2011 9:47 PM Post #8938952
| They look very similar to Indian Jujube (mauritiana).
http://www.tropicalfruitnursery.com/images/2008/jujube.jpg |
bellieg
Virginia Beach, VA
December 22, 2011 3:21 AM Post #8939044
| alileo,
I tend to agree with your guess.i wish I can buy them here.
belle |
jujubetexas
San Marcos, TX (Zone 8b)
December 22, 2011 7:36 AM Post #8939212
| I grew them here in Texas for a bit but they are not very cold hardy.
You can grow the Chinese Jujube in your area. Sugarcane Jujube would be a good purchase for you. It is smaller in size but very sweet. |
Plancton
zones 10 to 11
United States
December 6, 2012 6:05 PM Post #9351760
| I knoe Echo community carries them seeds... they are at south Florida... think it's $6 for a packet or so... they did germinate when I bought them last year. But there is 1 type that don't have thorns... not the 1 at Echo |
KAMasud
Rawalpindi
Pakistan (Zone 9a)
December 14, 2012 5:10 AM Post #9357877
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Comparatively thorn-less it can grow to zone 8 and just now growing in zone 9.
Regards,
Masud.
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