Citron. A large, lemon-shaped fruit with green to yellow skin used for candying. The pulp is really sour.
Breadfruit. Generally eaten as a vegetable and related to the fig. The fruit resembles a round or oval melon, 20-25.5 cm (8-10 inches) in diameter with a thick, rough, yellowish-green rind which ripens to brown. It is so named because the pale, pulpy flesh around the large central core has a mild flavour similar to fresh bread or globe artichokes. To use, peel it and then either bake, fry or boil it, or it can be made into soup. It can be part of either sweet or savoury dishes. It grows on a tall tree with broad green leaves, providing shade as well as fruit. A well-watered tree can produce as many as 1000 fruits in a year.
The woodapple or elephant apple is a jungle fruit about the size of an orange from India and Sri Lanka. The shell is hard and woody, not surprisingly, and rough grey in appearance. The best way to get into it, rather as for a coconut, is by throwing it onto a concrete floor. It can be eaten raw or mashed with sugar and water to make into sherbets. The pulp is used, grated, with chilli powder, onions, salt and lime juice to make a sour sambal. It is also known as the elephant apple because elephants are thought to consume the woodapple whole. When their droppings are examined they are found to contain whole shells which, when opened, are found to be empty of their contents. Could it be that the elephant digests the pulp without the shell?
The woodapple or elephant apple is a jungle fruit about the size of an orange from India and Sri Lanka. The shell is hard and woody, not surprisingly, and rough grey in appearance. The best way to get into it, rather as for a coconut, is by throwing it onto a concrete floor. It can be eaten raw or mashed with sugar and water to make into sherbets. The pulp is used, grated, with chilli powder, onions, salt and lime juice to make a sour sambal. It is also known as the elephant apple because elephants are thought to consume the woodapple whole. When their droppings are examined they are found to contain whole shells which, when opened, are found to be empty of their contents. Could it be that the elephant digests the pulp without the shell?
