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Musa Ensete Superbum
Ensete superbum is a species of banana from India. The plant is well-known from the Western Ghats, Anaimalai Hills, some other South Indian hills in Dindigul and other parts of the peninsular India. It has also been recorded from Jhadol and Ogna forest ranges in Rajasthan, North India. There are also reports of a similar…
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Chupa Chupa Fruit / Quararibea cordata
Quararibea cordata, the South American sapote or chupa-chupa, is a large, semi-deciduous, fruit tree (up to 45m in height), native to Amazon rainforest vegetation in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It bears orange-yellow fruit which is soft, juicy, sweet and contains 2-5 seeds. Fruit is usually eaten out of hand, though it may be juiced.…
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Musa Ensete glaucum / Pisang Vidak / Pisang Sunan Bonang
Ensete glaucum, the snow banana, has also been classified as Musa nepalensis, Ensete giganteum, or Ensete wilsonii. This gigantic monocarpic herbaceous plant is native to China, Nepal, India, Myanmar (Burma), and Thailand. Ensete glaucum has a thick, waxy with sometimes bluish tinge, solitary pseudostem. It grows larger than the Abyssinian Banana (Ensete ventricosum). Its leaves…
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Utu Fruit / Parartocarpus venenosa
Parartocarpus venenosa An extremely rare Artocarpus relative bearing a lumpy looking fruit with spiny, green-yellow skin. Fruits have orange flesh with a sweet and sour flavor. Overall appearance (though much, much smaller) is reminiscent of the jackfruit and other Artocarpus relatives. The utu fruit looks similar to the jackfruit, from its soft spines, but its…
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Alocasia decipiens
Alocasia decipiens, a species in the Araceae family. This plant comes from the Bangladesh region to Myanmar. Also grows on the Andaman islands. Like the alocasia plant in general, Alocasia decipiens also has common characteristics, namely the arrow-like leaf shape or commonly referred to as “elephant ear”. From several references, it is said that this…