Old lady next door was on her porch peeling small ripe mangoes. She offered me one, and I ate it...quite nice, but amazingly it had no seed.

She asked me if it was nice and I said (in Thai) Yes, it was sweet. It had no seed!"

Her reply amused me very much....she said yes, it is seedless, it is a katoey mango.

Asked wifey about it and she said it is a variety called katoey because it has no sexual reproduction.

It's not quite accurate, but calling a seedless fruit a katoey, I thought amusing.

Any other amusing descriptions or names that people have come across?

(for the uninitiated, "katoey" is Thai for ladyboy.)

Could call it a Jaffa.

Poor katoeys imagine having a piece of fruit named after you, doh.

Poor katoeys imagine having a piece of fruit named after you, doh.

Yes, but some of them are sweet also.

Not, that I'm interested.......................

Poor katoeys imagine having a piece of fruit named after you, doh.

Yes, but some of them are sweet also.

Not, that I'm interested.......................

I really don't have much experience with katoeys but if you say some are sweet I will trust your expertise.

recently during one of our seemingly many power outs my wife was keeping me up to date via the village grape vine

as to the progress of re powering she said all is well now the man has come to make spark

Poor katoeys imagine having a piece of fruit named after you, doh.

Yeah, like farang , 555.

The best mangoe that I have ever eaten was brought to the city (Saigon) by a cousin who lives in the ex-wifes home village on the Mekhong. It had a small seed and a delicious, unique flavor. It was said to have been grown organically. The ex has built a new house down there and I'll be going to check it out over the December holiday season. I can't say that I'm looking forward to the four-hour bus ride down though. Maybe I'll try to hire a car. When I find out the particulars of the delicious mangoes, I'll post the info.

I grow several types including purple mangoes

Poor katoeys imagine having a piece of fruit named after you, doh.

Yes, but some of them are sweet also.

Not, that I'm interested.......................

Would you milk one?

The real Mango katoey