http://thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/ maybe even me. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:22:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-10452 thadk Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:22:55 +0000 http://www.thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/#comment-10452 I believe the purple peanut-shaped tree fruits you are referring too are Zambarao plums, Syzygium cuminii, or Java plums. I mentioned them above as a bit unattractive but I did spell them wrong. I believe the purple peanut-shaped tree fruits you are referring too are Zambarao plums, Syzygium cuminii, or Java plums. I mentioned them above as a bit unattractive but I did spell them wrong.

]]> http://thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-10451 Malcolm Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:07:46 +0000 http://www.thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/#comment-10451 Many years ago in Dar es Salaam I ate a handful of blue/purple fruits which were growing on a small 15 feet tree. The fruits were kidney shaped and about the size and shape of peanuts before removing their fiber shells. The fruits were blue or purple and semi-transparent with a thin skin. The flesh of the fruit had the consistency of a plum. But they were not plums. I have never seen them again. What are they? Malcolm Many years ago in Dar es Salaam I ate a handful of blue/purple fruits which were growing on a small 15 feet tree. The fruits were kidney shaped and about the size and shape of peanuts before removing their fiber shells. The fruits were blue or purple and semi-transparent with a thin skin. The flesh of the fruit had the consistency of a plum. But they were not plums. I have never seen them again. What are they? Malcolm

]]> http://thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-8701 thadk Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:53:05 +0000 http://www.thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/#comment-8701 As I mentioned in <a href="http://thadk.net/wp/2008/11/10/abbreviated-flirtation-with-serious-glass-part-1-zanzibar/" rel="nofollow">my Zanzibar post</a> I had Matofah (or more properly "tofaa" singular, "matofaa" plural). It is shaped and colored like a waxed, small but well chiseled red apple. Inside the texture is soft like a plum, bright white, the "skin" is very thin, you can even rub off the color. I can't seem to seem to find its scientific name. It makes it difficult because most (bad) dictionaries online translate Matofaa as Apple. This might be an accurate translation in Kenya but not in Tanzania. As I mentioned in my Zanzibar post I had Matofah (or more properly “tofaa” singular, “matofaa” plural). It is shaped and colored like a waxed, small but well chiseled red apple. Inside the texture is soft like a plum, bright white, the “skin” is very thin, you can even rub off the color. I can’t seem to seem to find its scientific name. It makes it difficult because most (bad) dictionaries online translate Matofaa as Apple. This might be an accurate translation in Kenya but not in Tanzania.

]]> http://thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-8699 Rashmi Thakrar Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:12:21 +0000 http://www.thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/#comment-8699 There is a fruit which I think is available only in Zanzibar. The swahili name is "Matufa". I am trying to find the English name of this fruit and month of the year when it available. Can you help? There is a fruit which I think is available only in Zanzibar. The swahili name is “Matufa”. I am trying to find the English name of this fruit and month of the year when it available.
Can you help?

]]> http://thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-8650 Tam Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:23:28 +0000 http://www.thadk.net/wp/2008/05/05/fruit-of-east-africa/#comment-8650 This was really interesting, thank you! This was really interesting, thank you!

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