Photos - Lot #5

[Kanga Japan]

Could someone possibly confirm/identify the vegetables/seafood in the attached?

Some of the unknown names were given to me by the market shopkeeper when I took the photos.

Thank you for your help.

Lot 5 PDF.pdf

[Pla shado]

Not sure about #6 but Mrs. Pla shado thinks it may be the black crab.

1. พริกเหลือง = phrik lueang

2. พริกหยวก = phrik yuak

3. มะระจีน = mara jeen (chin)

4. มะเขือเปราะ = ma kheua bpraw

5. ผักขม = phak khom

6. ปูดำ = phuu dam

[Pla shado]

I did a bit checking on photo #6 and found that they might also be called: ปูดำตัวเป็นๆๆ (bpuu dam dtua bpen bpen) Bpen bpen meaning still alive.

[AyG]

Forgive me for butting in on the topic, but I was wondering about the จีน in มะระจีน. Lots of Thai vegetable names include it. Does it here mean "Chinese", or (as in ขนมจีน) is it a Mon word? And if it is Chinese, is it to distinguish between regular, Thai มะระ and Chinese มะระ, or is there only one type of มะระ and the จีน part simply shows it's not a native vegetable and originated in China.

[Pla shado]

My wife says that มะระ and มะระจีน are used interchangeably. As you indicated, she seems to think it simply shows it's not a native vegetable and originated in China.

[Kanga Japan]

Dear Pla shado,

Thank you very much for that information and also the Thai script. The photos are now confirmed as the following (in RTGS):

1. PHRIK LEUANG (พริกเหลือง)

Orange-yellow chilli (Capsicum annuum L. var. acuminatum)

2. PHRIK YUAK ( พริกหยวก)

Banana chilli (Capsicum annuum group)

3. MARA JEEN/CHIN (มะระจีน)

Bitter gourd/Chinese bitter gourd, bitter melon/Chinese bitter melon, karela (Momordica charantia) - more information in my reply to AyG

4. MAKHUEA PRO (มะเขือเปราะ)

Thai green round eggplant (Solanum capsicoides, S. aculeatissimum )

5. PHAK KHOM (ผักขม)

Thai/Chinese spinach, green amaranth (Amaranthus lividus, Amaranthus viridus)

6. PU DAM (ปูดำ)

Black crab, mangrove crab, mud crab (serrated/giant) (Scylia serrata)

Regarding your additional information on PU DAM, I think that I will just leave the description as PU DAM.

Thanks again.

[Kanga Japan]

Dear AyG,

Regarding the MARA CHIN, as I indicated in my reply to Pla shado, there are various names for this.

After receiving your post, I checked up and found out that there are two types:

1. A Chinese type (the same as in my photo).

2. A sub-continent type, which is common in Bangladesh (and Japan). This type is a much darker green, with tapered ends.

I hope this has been of some help.