Recent Posts Tagged With 'fruit'

• Freak papaya from Borneo

  Posted on Monday February 2nd, 2009 at 05:39 in Nature, fruit, freak

  This my second series on nature's freak. The first one was about a Branched coconut tree. Below is a photo of a freak papaya which bear 3 papaya fruits on a single stem. A triplet papaya.Above: While branched papaya tree is common, branched papaya fr...

• Barbados cherry in Borneo

  Posted on Friday January 30th, 2009 at 09:53 in fruit

  Close up photo of a tiny apple after the rain. Actually, the dwarf apple like fruit is a Barbados cherry.Acerola (Malpighia glabra) or Acerolla, also known as Barbados cherry or wild crapemyrtle, is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the...

• Rambutan - Nephelium lappaceum

  Posted on Monday October 27th, 2008 at 09:14 in fruit

  The rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) is a medium-sized tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae, and the fruit of this tree. It is probably native to Southeast Asia (including Borneo), although its precise natural distribution is unknown. It is closely ...

• Photo of Green Grapes in the Tropic

  Posted on Saturday August 23rd, 2008 at 08:54 in fruit

  Below are photos of Green Grapes growing in the hot tropical land of Borneo. There are at least four kinds of green grapes, namely, Calmeria, Perlette, Sugarone and Superior Seedless (Menindee Seedless). I'm not sure which species the green grapes on...