Atis is sweet and taste like custard hence the name custard apple. The white flesh is segmented and each segment has black seed inside. It is related to soursop and the anonas. They have developed a hybrid of these fruits and call it Atemoya or Cherimoya.
The flesh can be made into ice cream or smoothie.
Atis is a good source of Vitamin C and B complex and has minerals like calcium and iron.
We call the jackfruit “langka” in the Philippines. I consider it as the biggest fruit ever. When I was young, we nicknamed it “hog” because sometimes it grows as big as a pig. I remember my grandma’s jackfruit tree in the farm and the fruit almost touches the ground. I also remember eating the fruits…
Macopa – Syzygium samarangense – is a tropical fruit we enjoy in the Philippines during the summer. The fruit is bell shaped but the name macopa is from the Spanish word copa which means a goblet or wine glass.
Jackfruit or “langka” is the biggest fruit in the fruit kingdom I think. Anyways, it is one of my favorites. I took this picture in the Philippines when I was there on vacation. I was just amazed to see the tree full of fruits. I remember growing up in the farm where my grandparents live….
Camachile – (Pithecellobium dulce) – is a fruit that we eat in the Philippines. It’s plentiful during the summer season. The camachile taste sweet but dry. It has black seeds and we used to play with it. The fruit is unusual because of its coiling. It looks like a bean and it actually belongs to…
Star Fruit or Carambola,(I call it Balimbing), is becoming increasingly popular among the population especially here in Hawaii. A growing number of people find it not only refreshing to eat but also have healthy benefits like anti-oxidants and Vitamin C. It is mostly used as garnish for drinks because of the star shape of the…
Breadfruit or “Rimas” is a wonderful fruit because it doesn’t taste sweet like most fruits are but instead tastes like potatoes when cooked that’s why to me it is a vegetable. It is called “ulu” in Hawaii. The tree is in the family of mulberry tree that’s why you can use the wood bark as…