Can you identify this fruit ?

pulnamin4 · January 15, 2015

I picked up this fruit this afternoon in a park in Isaan. It s roundish 5-6 cm X 5-6 cm, green pigmented.. When it is detached from the tree a liquid similar to milk comes out.. I have been told that maybe in Thai it is pronunced something like << twaa --- thaw >>.

Apparently it s from China and the legend says that it was given by an ANGEL for doing good deeds.

Anyone knows the correct English and Thai names of this fruit.. If you know the Thai name please provide the correct spelling-Thai script.

Thanks to all... Much appreciated.

CharlieH · January 15, 2015

Thai script is not allowed on this forum. I suggest you PM the Op if you wish to provide Thai script.

May be better in the Isaan forum for localised knowledge.

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davetrout · January 15, 2015

is it eggplant

Toknarok · January 16, 2015

My missus recognised it immediately, it's called 'Gha Thaw Raw'. She doesn't know the English name, regrettably neither do I.

khwaibah · January 16, 2015

My missus recognised it immediately, it's called 'Gha Thaw Raw'. She doesn't know the English name, regrettably neither do I.

Passion Fruit..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_edulis

iammarilou · January 16, 2015

Passion fruit

Jip99 · January 16, 2015

At the risk of extending this thread beyond it's natural life - I also confirm that it is passion fruit.

Thai Language.com has it as... sao wa roht

KhunBENQ · January 16, 2015

Yep,

Saowarot (WiKi)

http://www.thai-language.com/id/154715 (dict)

Gonsalviz · January 16, 2015

is it eggplant

No, it is not.

elliss · January 16, 2015

is it eggplant

No, it is not.

I think it is a, Passion fruit ,

Jessi · January 16, 2015

100% Passion Fruit.

Inbetween · January 17, 2015

I thought passion fruit also. If the guy had cut one open for us, we could have confirmed that real fast. I can't imaging many other things could look like passion fruit inside.

krisb · January 17, 2015

is it eggplant

No, it is not.

I can see how it does look a bit like those mahklua eggplants.

Passionfruit it is!

pulnamin4 · January 17, 2015

DEFINATELY NOT A PASSION FRUIT... I eat passion fruit daily. Eggplant no....

This morning as suggested i cut it open. I could not cut it with a steak knife i had to use a cleaver to slice it.

It s very HARD ( probably not ripe ) the inside is very grainy..

Thanks to all,,,

Inbetween · January 17, 2015

DEFINATELY NOT A PASSION FRUIT... I eat passion fruit daily. Eggplant no....

This morning as suggested i cut it open. I could not cut it with a steak knife i had to use a cleaver to slice it.

It s very HARD ( probably not ripe ) the inside is very grainy..

Thanks to all,,,

That helps! No, it doesn't look like passion fruit, If it was really hard to get through, it may be some type of eggplant. Did it come off a tree or a vine-like plant? I have heard that there are more than 50 types of eggplants here. It may be very hard because it's young not ready to eat yet, whatever it is.

pbhansen · January 17, 2015

Looks like Pong Pong:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerbera_odollam

KhunBENQ · January 17, 2015

Looks like Pong Pong:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerbera_odollam

A couple of pics in the internet that look plausible.

Unfortunately I can not find one with the fruit cut open.

Would mean that is very poisonous! (suicide tree).

A pic from here:

http://www.qsbg.org/Database/plantdb/lcd/living-specimen.asp?id=2107

Click to see:

http://www.qsbg.org/Database/Botanic_Book%20full%20option/Picture/jackth/00674.jpg

"Pong Pong":

http://www.the-than.com/FLower/Fl-1/114/114.html

plachon · January 17, 2015

DEFINATELY NOT A PASSION FRUIT... I eat passion fruit daily. Eggplant no....

This morning as suggested i cut it open. I could not cut it with a steak knife i had to use a cleaver to slice it.

It s very HARD ( probably not ripe ) the inside is very grainy..

Thanks to all,,,

I think it may be a fruit known in Lao language as mak nam nom (i.e. the milk fruit). I don't know the Thai or common name, but you might like to check with your gf/wife is she knows it. It is edible when it is darker (almost black) and riper than the fruit in your photo. It used to be quite common in villages in southern Laos and provinces bordering the Mekong in Isan.

plachon · January 17, 2015

DEFINATELY NOT A PASSION FRUIT... I eat passion fruit daily. Eggplant no....

This morning as suggested i cut it open. I could not cut it with a steak knife i had to use a cleaver to slice it.

It s very HARD ( probably not ripe ) the inside is very grainy..

Thanks to all,,,

I think it may be a fruit known in Lao language as mak nam nom (i.e. the milk fruit). I don't know the Thai or common name, but you might like to check with your gf/wife is she knows it. It is edible when it is darker (almost black) and riper than the fruit in your photo. It used to be quite common in villages in southern Laos and provinces bordering the Mekong in Isan.

Just did some checking and found that mak nam nom is commonly known as star fruit (Chrysopyhllum cainito). Not sure if this is what you found, in a pre-ripe state, but more detail here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysophyllum_cainito

Go back in a few weeks to see if they've ripened up and report back....

lostinisaan · January 17, 2015

At the risk of extending this thread beyond it's natural life - I also confirm that it is passion fruit.

Thai Language.com has it as... sao wa roht

Just talking to my wife, it's called Sau wa Rot. A big problem in different pronunciation might be that many Thai words that are written in Roman letters, are actually using a German sound.

A good example might be the word "Technologie" which is a 100 % German word, with the German pronunciation. An old German saying:

"Too many cooks ruin the mash.". But also English is a so called " word borrowing language", but they never give these words back. -

Please see attached photos

lostinisaan · January 17, 2015

At the risk of extending this thread beyond it's natural life - I also confirm that it is passion fruit.

Thai Language.com has it as... sao wa roht

Just talking to my wife, it's called Sau wa Rot. A big problem in different pronunciation might be that many Thai words that are written in Roman letters, are actually using a German sound.

A good example might be the word "Technologie" which is a 100 % German word, with the German pronunciation. An old German saying:

"Too many cooks ruin the mash.". But also English is a so called " word borrowing language", but they never give these words back. -

Please see attached photos

The fruit's healthy content was unknown until around nine years ago, regarding my wife. Nobody ate passion fruits before, which seems to be really strange at first sight.

But considering the variety of so many different fruits that are available, it's unbelievable. I think I will never ever remember all their English words. It happened too many times that I couldn't name a fruit in English, just because I had never ever seen one before or heard about it.

I'm happy to have easy access to such a healthy and also tasty fruit.

P.S. The two first photos were just made by my wife an hour ago.

lostinisaan · January 17, 2015

Looks like Pong Pong:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerbera_odollam

It seems that you're already too much influenced by airborne Ping Pong balls.

watcharacters · January 17, 2015

I'm guessing a pineapple guava. Does it have an almost perfume taste?

chaiyapoon · January 17, 2015

Checked with the girlfriend who says its a Ma kok nam.

In this area its fairly common( Prachinburi.) in English its a Ambarella or latin Spondias dulcis

Inbetween · January 18, 2015

Checked with the girlfriend who says its a Ma kok nam.

In this area its fairly common( Prachinburi.) in English its a Ambarella or latin Spondias dulcis

I'm going with this one. Looked at some images and this is the most likely so far. I was thinking jujube at one point, but I'm pretty sure they're smaller.