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Hi there folks!This photo was sent to me today from a friend who works in Sepik (Northwestern PNG) where she wondered what kind of fruit this was. She thinks the locals said that they brew some liquor of its juice.( http://www.paradiseforest.net/00FruitPNG.jpg )It is called "diwai wain" which means "tree vine" but it is a very generic term and the woman who sent it wasn't sure if it actually was a vine. Anyone else recognizing it at least to family or genus level?I am still trying to find out what it is, as I have only this picture to follow up, no flowers etc. But I recall I have seen something like that in SE Asia, but can't remember what it was right now, so my "memory thread is a bit loose" as we say in Swedish...
Ah yes Calabash tree! Now my memory is back Thanks guys, I knew it would be quicker to ask here... I remembered that I had seen it somewhere outside of PNG but couldn't remember what it was called.OK so the info about using the juice must have been a misunderstanding? Maybe they meant that they just keep the homebrew in it then?