name needed

[Maybole]

My wife has given me a fruit which she calls "Chiangmai Apple". It is about the same size as a european apple but much darker being a purplish colour almost overall ,shading to pale green near the stalk.

Inside it is pale cream shading to purple near the centre where many black seeds are arranged in a star pattern aroundt the vertical. The flesh is pulpy and has to be scooped out tp eat. It is sweet. . What is the correct name, thai ,latin or any other. Sorry I cannot post a picture, it has been eaten.

 

[tonray]

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chrysophyllum_cainito#/media/File:Chrysophyllum_cainito0.jpg

 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chrysophyllum_cainito

Edited March 15, 2017 by tonray

[Maybole]

That's it exactly.. Wikipedia suggests that is caribean in origin but naturalized in Vietnam.It has now reached Chiangmai. According to Madamme is was plentiful 50 years ago, but in 35 years of visits I only met it yesterday.Thank you.