Rare Fruit
By @acelawrites
@acelawrites (19273)
Philippines
February 17, 2019 3:02pm CST
Do you know the fruit camachile (Pithecellobium dulce)? It is now considered a rare fruit in our country .
Maybe few are planting the camachile tree now and because of lands being developed for housing and for commercial purposes .
Many indigenous trees or fruit trees are becoming rare and engangered. I hope children in the future can still see it, if people will still plant it or let it grow in the wild.
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@LadyDuck (457873)
• Switzerland
19 Feb 19
@acelawrites Botanically it is considered a "flowering plant in the pea family". A tree is a type of plant that has a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height. This one does not has a single stem, so it's a plant and not a tree.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
It is a tree, and commonly seen in farms or forests in our country, but now so rare.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
@LadyDuck Pithecellobium dulce is a tree that reaches a height of about 10 to 15 m (33 to 49 ft). Its trunk is spiny and its leaves are bipinnate (from Wikipedia). It's fruit are just like pea pods but bigger.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
18 Feb 19
I think we have this but do not know the name.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
19 Feb 19
@acelawrites It is there and I remember eating it Your country and ours have many things in common
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
Maybe it is also present in your country?
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
@allknowing it is because there are so many early people from your country who migrated to our country in those early days. Maybe they carried some of your plants here, also some traditions.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
23 Feb 19
i hope that more effort 'tis made by the citizens to ensure these species do not perish. mankind 'tis not's bright's 't likes to think, destroyin' the very thingies that provide life.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
24 Feb 19
I agree, and hope it will still exist for long, long time.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
My mother likes that fruit. I don't like its taste... =)
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
@acelawrites We Ilocanos call it "Damortis"... =)
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
19 Feb 19
@brokenbee I didn't know the term. Thanks for the info.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
Yes, I love the taste also; my brother-in-law gave it to us.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
It is found in tropical countries like ours, but now it is becoming rare.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
@dya80dya yes, it is useful as food too. I wish foresters would plant more of it.
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@dya80dya (33471)
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18 Feb 19
@acelawrites This fruit should be protected if it's useful.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
18 Feb 19
It looks like one, but the flesh in each pod is soft and with black seed inside the fleshy part.
