fruit of the week
Where in the world is Chirimoya?
Let's get this thread active again....
This fruit is related to the pawpaws, a tropical Annonacae.
Fruit, leaves and seeds have many herbal medicinal uses. If you lay leaves under the bed of a person who has fever, by morning the fever will break.
Do you have any stories to tell about this fruit?
Let's get this thread active again....
This fruit is related to the pawpaws, a tropical Annonacae.
Fruit, leaves and seeds have many herbal medicinal uses. If you lay leaves under the bed of a person who has fever, by morning the fever will break.
Do you have any stories to tell about this fruit?
That's not a chirimoya (custard apple), that's a guanabana (soursop).Let's get this thread active again....
This fruit is related to the pawpaws, a tropical Annonacae.
Fruit, leaves and seeds have many herbal medicinal uses. If you lay leaves under the bed of a person who has fever, by morning the fever will break.
Do you have any stories to tell about this fruit?
Chirimoya or cherimoya
I actually knew that, it's in the same genius, thats why I mentioned you. BTW, such rapid response...
Wellll those are two different fruits the bottom one I dont know the name of and the top fruit is 'guanabana'.
That's one tropical fruit I am not fond of, guanabana.
I loooooooove papaya(lechosa), pineapple, banana, mangoes, mmmmmm guayaba.
stories about this fruit? Dominicans make a drink called 'champola' out of guanabana, its a drink or a shake made with the meat of the fruit, my parents had a tree of this.
oops we were all writing at the same time, thanks Keith.
That's one tropical fruit I am not fond of, guanabana.
I loooooooove papaya(lechosa), pineapple, banana, mangoes, mmmmmm guayaba.
stories about this fruit? Dominicans make a drink called 'champola' out of guanabana, its a drink or a shake made with the meat of the fruit, my parents had a tree of this.
oops we were all writing at the same time, thanks Keith.
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The bottom one is Chirimoya fruit, MAR. That's what she was saying, that they were two different fruits.
I like the drink made with guan?bana - champola.
Chirimoya does not grow in the DR as far as I know. It grows in Spain and probably other places around the Med, but it's originally from the Andean region. I didn't choose it as a handle because I like the taste, BTW.
Chirimoya does not grow in the DR as far as I know. It grows in Spain and probably other places around the Med, but it's originally from the Andean region. I didn't choose it as a handle because I like the taste, BTW.
Personally I do not like the taste of soursop myself. I have heard it is used in link with chemo-therapy in Europe and for other cancerous complications. The tea can make you sleepy, so my neighbor say's. As far as cherimoya or custard apple, I have not seen it here and have never tried it. Would never knock on your handle, Chirimoya 
That's not a chirimoya (custard apple), that's a guanabana (soursop).
Chirimoya or cherimoya
Isn't this the fruit called mam?n in the DR? The pulp is kind of sandy.
Mamon has brown skin when ripe and white creamy flesh and its the size of a medium apple, but Norma might be right about the pulp being sandy, i haven't had this fruit since I was a little girl so I can't remember exactly, even though it hasn't been that long since, hehehehe
Limoncillo or kenepas are small and green skin with a large pit and the meat like that of a grape, the size of a limonsillo is like a large grape and they are not related to citrus or limes or taste nothing like it.
Limoncillo or kenepas are small and green skin with a large pit and the meat like that of a grape, the size of a limonsillo is like a large grape and they are not related to citrus or limes or taste nothing like it.
I find limoncillo is closest to litchi fruit. I believe only here they are called limoncillo. Other countries call it kenepa or quenepa.
That doesn't sound anything like chirimoya, which has a pale green skin with darker grooves.
Here in the campo we have two types of what is called limoncillo.
The first is excatly what M.A.R. describes as a large seeded fruit, small and green. The dominican kids love them. They are sweet, mostly pit.
The other limoncillo, as it is called, does not bear any fruit. Has huge thorns, much larger than a key lime tree (almost look like one) and the wood is very difficult to cut (with snips). For me this type is invasive along one of our property fence borders.
Not to keep on hijacking the plant thread with fruit, here's a pitahaya we grew at Mr C's finca a couple of years ago:
Cool Chiri! They are such a beautiful fruit when you slice them in half. Especiallt the white centered ones
Maybe in size, but they are very different in taste and pulp quality. I had litchi for the first time while traveling in France. I found them at a supermarket in California, very expensive! ($4 lb.)
Limoncillo: Dominican parents are very afraid of giving limoncillo to small kids. This slippery fruit can easily lodge in your throat and cause death by asphyxiation. A limoncillo has been the cause of many deaths in the DR.
Wow Norma Rosa, good point. We see lots of children stealing our limoncillo and never even thought of that possiblity. Will have to talk to the parents.....that could easily end up being a completely different thread
I would love to get some of that pitahaya and grow it here. Know where I could find some around PoP?
I would love to get some of that pitahaya and grow it here. Know where I could find some around PoP?
Mr C got the pitahaya plant from a place near Maimon, the town between Cotu? and Piedra Blanca. No idea if it still exists, but it is a Swiss or German-owned vivero a couple of kilometres outside Maimon, on the Maimon-Piedra Blanca stretch.