My wife has recently introduced me to a cordial she makes from a red fruit she calls gat-ge-up? She boils up the smallish red fruit and produces a, slightly tart, red cordial. Mixed with water, it's wonderful.... in fact addictive. I wondered if anyone had a latin or western name for this fruit that I could investigate.

Regards

My wife has recently introduced me to a cordial she makes from a red fruit she calls gat-ge-up? She boils up the smallish red fruit and produces a, slightly tart, red cordial. Mixed with water, it's wonderful.... in fact addictive. I wondered if anyone had a latin or western name for this fruit that I could investigate.

Regards

Hibiscus Sabdariffa

Roselle

Wow...so quick. Many thanks to both of you.

Regards

Yes, no mucking around on this forum.

You can eat the cooked leaves with nam phrik.

The usual Roman spelling of the Thai name is Krajeap.

Cheers

My wife has recently introduced me to a cordial she makes from a red fruit she calls gat-ge-up? She boils up the smallish red fruit and produces a, slightly tart, red cordial. Mixed with water, it's wonderful.... in fact addictive. I wondered if anyone had a latin or western name for this fruit that I could investigate.

Regards

LOL

At first I thought you were joking. Red color, gatge-up sounds like catsup. I see that it is a Thai fruit now but I had a good laugh anyway.

My wife has recently introduced me to a cordial she makes from a red fruit she calls gat-ge-up? She boils up the smallish red fruit and produces a, slightly tart, red cordial. Mixed with water, it's wonderful.... in fact addictive. I wondered if anyone had a latin or western name for this fruit that I could investigate.

Regards

LOL

At first I thought you were joking. Red color, gatge-up sounds like catsup. I see that it is a Thai fruit now but I had a good laugh anyway.

Roselle

Hibiscus sabdariffa L.

Morton, J. 1987. Roselle. p. 281–286. In: Fruits of warm climates. Julia F. Morton, Miami, FL.

not solely a Thai fruit