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Bubuntong (Baccaurea angulata) fruit review
« on: January 19, 2013, 08:38:31 PM »









Since Gouralata posted that these fruits were sweet, I have been hoping I would find them in Sarawak when I go there.  Imagine my delight when I saw them in my local farmers' market today.  This is the first time they have been sold here in the 18 months I have been visiting this market.  Here is my description of the taste:
The acidity is perfect and the sweetness a little low.   It is sweeter and less acidic than a domestic strawberry, but where the fruit loses marks is in the low complexity of its flavour.  Most Baccaureas that can be eaten out of hand taste very similar to me.  Also, the acid does not seem as wholesome as citric acid, leaning more toward the acidity in a carambola.  The flesh does not slip easily off the seed and requires some work in the mouth to clean it all off.  Since it can be eaten out of hand and since the tree is one of the most incredible trees to see in fruit, I think this is a fruit with a future for back yard growers.





 

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