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Tropical Fruit Discussion / balata / ausubo
« on: June 16, 2013, 01:50:19 PM »
I have seen this identified as Manilkara bidentata or Mimusops balata. I had seen posts by our own Murahilin a few years back on another forum expressing doubt that the two species are the same. Murahilin, at the time, also felt that the taste of the tree he had was not wonderful. Would be interested in comments from him (& others) about this fruit. I have seen reports of the fruit being very tasty but the flesh was limited. Most reports also say the fruit is small (~1 -1 1/2") while another site listed it as 2". Comments?
John
John