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GREAT MORINDA 2008-04-15 14:45:00 Common Name: Great MorindaVernacular Names: NoniScientific Name: Morinda citrifoliaSpecimens From: SingaporeGreat morinda or noni is native to Southeast Asia but it seems to be popular in the Pacific islands and the Polynesia.It is green but will turn yellow to almost white when it ripens. If this is the first time you have seen this fruit, it may look strange to you. It looks like an alien with many eyes looking at you :)When ripe, it is soft and mushy with many dark brown seeds. Noni definitely needs acquired taste. It has an unpleasant and pungent odor and tastes like vomit. I have no problem with durians but have a hard time with this funny-looking fruit.Nevertheless, noni is eaten as a famine food in the Pacific islands. Nowadays, many manufacturers market noni juice, some with sweete
PASSION FRUIT (Yellow Rind) 2008-05-01 06:55:00 Common Name: Yellow
Passion fruitVernacular Name: Golden Passionfruit, MaracuyaScientific Name: Passiflora edulisSpecimens From: MalaysiaSpecimens Weight: 90 gmPassion fruit is native from Brazil to Argentina, including Paraguay. This fruit's name, 'passion', derives from its flower, passion flower. The early Spanish explorers named it as they found the huge flowers resembled the crown of thorns, worn during the passion of Christ.This fruit usually comes in either yellow or purple, with a smooth and glossy rind. You may wish to view the purple variety here. There are other colors too due to the hybrids between the two varieties. Passion fruit is either oval or round, about the size of a tennis ball, though some can be bigger or smaller than that. The yellow variety is usually slightly larg
LUO HAN GUO 2008-07-17 11:55:00 Common Name: Luo Han GuoVernacular Names: Arhat fruit, Monk's fruitScientific Name: Siraitia grosvenoriiSpecimens From: ChinaLuo han guo, the name of this uncommon fruit, is a Mandarin pinyin. It simply means "Arhat fruit" or "Monk's fruit". It was named after a group of buddhist monks, who was using this fruit during the sixth century in Southern China. It is now grown in Southern China and no wh
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