Fruits of India........!!!!!

gujarat_luv

oh yeah, he sure did. oops

suricate

Didn't see anybody mentioning "Paniphal" (I may have missed it if
somebody did in one of the many pages. If so, sorry for repeating).
It is a common fruit in Bengal. It grows in water ("pani" means
water, "phal" is fruit). It is also called "Singara". Here is a
link (the one under "Strange fruit").

http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/strange-fruit

The fruit is green. The flesh is white. It tests mildly sweet and
nice, when tender; starchy when mature (in fact flour is made out
of mature fruits, I heard).

suricate

Another fruit I didn't notice is the "Nashpati"
(Asean Pear?). Here is a picture.

http://www.uttarakhand.ws/v/photos/nashpati.html

And here is "Pomelo"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hgmphotos/2852280850/

And here are a couple of fruits I don't know the English names of,
and no pictures, unfortunately (may be the Bengali members could
help): "Amra" (a tart fruit), and "Biliti Amra" (sweet and sour).

Jacobi

Great Post Girkoo. Very informative.. We grow Rambutan and mangosteen in our orchard in Kerala. You gave me a big list to investigate.