pulnamin4 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted 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. MOVED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetrout Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 is it eggplant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toknarok Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khwaibah Posted January 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted 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 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iammarilou Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Passion fruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Yep, Saowarot (WiKi) http://www.thai-language.com/id/154715 (dict) Edited January 16, 2015 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonsalviz Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 is it eggplant No, it is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 is it eggplant No, it is not. I think it is a, Passion fruit , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessi Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 100% Passion Fruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inbetween Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulnamin4 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted 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,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inbetween Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbhansen Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Looks like Pong Pong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerbera_odollam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plachon Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plachon Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinisaan Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) 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 Edited January 17, 2015 by lostinisaan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinisaan Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) 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. Edited January 17, 2015 by lostinisaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinisaan Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I'm guessing a pineapple guava. Does it have an almost perfume taste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaiyapoon Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inbetween Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chonburiram Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 ตีนเป็ด Tin pet, duck,s foot, lat. Cerbera Odollam. As pbhansen said. POISONOUS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulnamin4 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 ตีนเป็ด Tin pet, duck,s foot, lat. Cerbera Odollam. As pbhansen said. POISONOUS! GOOD DAY .. After getting fresh pics this morning and comparing to Wiki i agree this is Cerbera odollami found this fruit in a public park.. amazing no !!!!! Thanks all Really appreciated.. When i get a fruit i ll slice in half and exposite to air to photograph the colour changes. Pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chonburiram Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 About the poisonousness i think it's not that dangerous bec small kids cant swallow the fruit/seeds. Thais use the red fruit to scare rats/mouses away, cutting off pices from the rind and scatter it around strategical sensible places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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