Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Scrutinizing buah putat in Sitiawan.

This tree never fails to amaze me. A medium sized tree which seldom finds its way in gardens. But mother in law maintains a tree at the end of her plot far away from real happenings. The fruits hang down gracefully, always with shiny and fresh look. Their flowers resemble jambu air with their long strands....Botanically known as Barringtonia spp 

I did a post sometime ago about this tree and it deserve a re-entry.


the little fruits hang down beautifully.

the flower

the flowers

the flowers

the flowers with flash on.

the flowers

the flowers

the fruits

the putat tree

The fruits are exquisite as salads or ulam.

bangchik

17 comments:

  1. Amazing trees you have there, are the fruit edible? Bitter or sweet?

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  2. The flowers from this tree are amazing. Just so unique and exotic. Fantastic photos of these trees

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  3. Dear Bangchik, What a fascinating and very unusual, as well as beautiful, tree and one which, in a lifetime of gardening, I have not come across before. Your pictures convey a very real sense of what it is like. I envy your mother-in-law!!

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  4. How interesting... yes, what do the fruits taste like, Bangchik? Do they need to be peeled? Is there a pit or is it more like a grape?

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  5. Hi,
    Wow! it's Amazing.
    Every time I come visit your blog, I learn things very interesting.

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  6. The flowers are so delicate and unusual.... love them!

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  7. Nice flowers! I think I have seen similar looking fruit sold in the market before. Can be eaten?

    Btw, you were right! That shrub behind my calla is pandan :-D As for the canna lily, the retailer told me that it's called 'jagung' flower in Chinese. It is so strange that we have different names for same plant ha ha... (oh yes, I knew you were referring to the colour ;-))

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  8. Now, that's what I call beautifully exotic! I'm wondering, too, if they are edible.

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  9. Bangchik, the fruit is new to me but the flower is familiar. Looks like the flower of makopa or wax apple or Syzygium species. Maybe that is of the same genus as they have the same flower form.

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  10. I have never seen this fruit before! yes, the flowers do resemble the jambu air. Is this fruit sweet?

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  11. Doc ~ not sweet nor bitter... best described "kelat" in our language which is a normal taste for young water apple. judging by the flowers, water apple falls within the same family.

    Poetic Shutterbug ~ fairly unique i agree, but tropical fruits are all exotic looking...

    Edith Hope ~ yes, mother in law loves that treasure...

    JGH ~ there is a large seed inside, and taste like young water apple.

    Ellada ~ thanks ellada, haha.. feel free to pop in for more new things.

    rainfield61 ~ its natural habitat is within a few hundred meters along the seaside. Sitiawan is very much a coastal town. Ceruk Tok Kun of yours is too far inland.

    Tatyana@MySecretGarden ~ those flowers are nice to touch... ticklish.

    BANGCHIK

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  12. Wilma ~ thanks, i cant do real justice to highlight the beauty of putat tree, because it grows under the canopy of coconut tree, and they are fighting for space to breath.

    Stephanie ~in the market, it will be sold as ulam item... just like jering or petai.

    Corner Gardener Sue ~ the taste is alright as salad or ulam. Of course we got to get used to the taste to like it...

    Andrea ~ i think they are related somehow... the flowers are too similar to ignore.

    my little potted garden ~ it tastes "kelat", like young water apple or jambu air.

    BANGCHIK

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  13. Somehow nobody told me about this when I was in Singapore

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  14. Ann ~I seldom find the tree in established gardens....

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