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a translucent jungle grape wearing a potato's disguise and hiding a startlingly sweet secret
means A small, round, thin-skinned tropical fruit native to Southeast Asia, with translucent segmented flesh that is sweet-tart and faintly grapefruity inside its dull tan rind.
from From the Malay word "langsat," the name carried straight from the markets and forests of the Malay Archipelago where the tree (Lansium parasiticum) grows. The botanical genus "Lansium" is simply a Latinized form of that same local name — a rare case of science politely keeping the original word rather than inventing its own.
- native range
- Southeast Asian rainforests from Thailand to the Philippines
- bitter seeds
- the green seeds inside taste shockingly bitter
- mosquito trick
- dried peels are burned as a natural repellent
- clustered fruit
- grows in grape-like bunches straight off the trunk
- family ties
- a close relative of the mahogany tree
langsat tree — tropical fruit tree (lansium parasiticum) native to southeast asia, particularly malaysia and indonesia
langsat fruit markets — seasonal markets in peninsular malaysia selling the yellow round fruit during june-august harvest