Author Topic: Looking for Casmango (spelling?) From Cameroon/Nigeria  (Read 1564 times)

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Looking for Casmango (spelling?) From Cameroon/Nigeria
« on: November 03, 2013, 06:52:51 PM »
Hi,
I am trying to find a fruit from Cameroon.  My daughter-in-law calls it casmango, kazmango, not sure of spelling.
It grows on a tree, is tennis ball sized, yellow skin, yellow flesh, very juicy and delicious.  It has a single, very prickly seed. The seed is not edible.
It is NOT cas guava, or bush mango.  But since it does not have a long, flat seed, I am guessing it is not a mango either..
Sound familiar to anyone?
I have been scrounging the internet for days, with no luck.
Sorry, no picture at this point, but she is trying to get her cousin to take one and forward it on...

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Re: Looking for Casmango (spelling?) From Cameroon/Nigeria
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2013, 08:41:18 PM »
Spondias sp?

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Re: Looking for Casmango (spelling?) From Cameroon/Nigeria
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2013, 10:26:39 PM »
Oooh, that could be it!  The most likely suspect is Spondias dulcis.  I just e-mailed some pictures to the my son and daughter-in-law, to see if it is a possibility.

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Re: Looking for Casmango (spelling?) From Cameroon/Nigeria
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2013, 06:58:46 PM »
Yep, looks like it is Spondias dulcis.
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