Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Fruit Season 2009

its been since Ramadhan, i had this smell of Durian inside my home... well, the first intake of Durians we got a full bucket dari my aunt.. blakang rumah nya banyak pohon Durian.... den more n more Durians towards the end of Ramadhan.... Then since Mid syawal...majal lagi my parents ani mbali Durian smpai ke Limbang... i got sanak wit d smell till then... Next, come Rambutan and Kembayau.. all for FREE... for Rambutan, my mum peel off d hairy skin of Rambutan and put them dalam kontainer n simpan dlm fridge..so anytime makan sja tarus nda pyah lgi tani mbuka kulit nya...
"Kembayau (Canarium odontophyllum) is another fruit unique to Borneo. The greatest diversity is located in Brunei Darussalam and the Brunei Bay region. The fruit has special affinity to Bruneians. Quality fruits have oily yellowish appearance when the outer dark purple skin is removed. The edible portion is the unctuous mesocarp about 6 - 8mm thick that surrounds the hard 3 angular seed. The whole fruit is soaked 5 - 10 minutes in hot water to soften the mesocrap and eaten with sugar. The seed containing the whitish compressed cotyledon can also be eaten. It has a fine flavour, crunchy with rich ‘lemak’ taste.

Kembayau trees grow easily from seeds. There is a 50:50 chance of obtaining female trees. Normally male trees are removed. The presence of wild male trees is sufficient to produce pollen for female flowers.

Demand for the fruit is good and there is significant potential in large scale cultivation"

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