To my Pulai Queen who works so hard at home today
LAT's cartoon(look for his signature at bottom right hand corner)
depicting the Portuguese attacking Singapore in 17th Century.
Heavy gate of the Fort - i have difficult to even move it.( contrast
with the equally fortified look
of a Kapok spiky tree trunk below)
Lucky Emperor Qin Shi Huang didnt know about this spiky Kapok trunk.( he might add this to his infamous hollow copper column with live coal )
and
the Kleenex 'soft' texture below
the 'paper-like' bark of eucalyptus tree
Fig clusters (Ficus variegata) on trunk
I reached under a low shrub with plenty of 'cotton-bud' coming out from the branches. The pure white flowers have a refreshing smell and jasmine-like.
Terap ( Artocarpus elasticus)
Picked up the inflorescene of terapwhich looked like
an oversize yellowish orange color
rambutan!
side view after Xsectioning.
Frontal view after xectioned
4 comments:
looks like an unfertilized pedalai fruit
leaf is similar http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/3228196941_8705fe974d_o.jpg
ripe fruit would look like this
http://frankiesnursery.com/specimen%20pics/pedalai.jpg
and looks like a marang inside
i'm trying to id all the artocarpus
http://rarefruit.pbworks.com/Artocarpus-ID-by-Leaf
here are some pics of the fruits
http://coolfruitsofhotclimates.wetpaint.com/page/The+Artocarpus+%28Breadfruit%29+Fruits+and+Its+Relatives?t=anon
if you have questions email me cixcell@gmail.com
Hi,
I often see these terap "fruits" and have opened them, like you. Interesting, but they certainly don't look edible, so I am very surprised by what I read on NParks' Flora Fauna web: ". . . the fruits and seeds are both edible. The seeds are surrounded by a white fleshy aril, which are slightly sour, tasting somewhat like tangy marshmallows". Really same tree? Any comments? Thanks! Mel
it seems that there isnt any pulp pieces or seeds because it hasnt received any pollination.
by the way i changed my name from cixel to vinesandspines.
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