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Fruit ID
« on: July 08, 2021, 03:00:55 PM »
I ate this fruit at the Redlands Fruit and Spice Park, but didn’t see a label on the tree.  It was extremely tasty similar to a mango in flavor.  Any ideas of its name?


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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2021, 03:09:41 PM »
I was there last month or so when they were just forming, no ID on the tree. I assumed kwai muk but not sure.

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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2021, 03:47:13 PM »
You could be right.  Most of the photos I have seen of Kwai Muk ( Artocarpus hypargyreus) are fruit that are more symmetrical. 

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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2021, 04:16:14 PM »
I say Kwai muk.

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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2021, 08:59:03 PM »
I would say Lakoocha. There are 2 trees in the Park. One in the Asian greenhouse, and another along the path between the jakfruit and the citrus.

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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2021, 07:53:01 AM »
Excellent, it says of Lakoocha "The extract of the fruit reduces hair loss and stimulates the propagation of hair".  Good news for me!

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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2021, 08:23:42 AM »
never heard of Lakoocha :)
the fact you reported mango flavor may be a strike against the kwai muk theory...i've only had them once but would not have described them as mango-like at all. Closer to fig.

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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2021, 09:54:11 AM »
Isn’t Lakoocha orange on the inside while Kwai Muk is pink?

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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2021, 01:51:25 AM »
Yes looks like lakoocha. Close cousin of kwai muk, but is much bigger fruit, and usually asymetrical, like in your photo.
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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2021, 08:43:21 AM »
Wow, super interesting! I wonder if I could grow either of these in my tropical climate...

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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2021, 04:15:47 PM »
Here is a good taste test reaction on lakoocha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RKF9RG5mso

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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2021, 07:44:19 PM »
Wow, super interesting! I wonder if I could grow either of these in my tropical climate...
Growing both of them in Hawaii, so yes they grow fine in the tropics.
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Re: Fruit ID
« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2021, 08:43:27 AM »
Its just a lakoocha and nothing like kwai muk.. That common bumpy selection has an interesting acid/suggr balance and might have more apricot than mango tones in the flavour. Some smooth selections can be really nice to eat.