Inyam Fruit (Antidesma Ghaesembilla)

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Inyam (Antidesma ghaesembilla) is native to the Philippines. It looks like bignay (Antidesma bunius) but the fruit is smaller and its leaves are oval-shaped of 10 cm long and 4 cm wide.

Its flowers emerge at the axils or on the tip of branches, and the size of its fruit is as small as whole black pepper which is color green when still young and dark red when ripe. The uneven color of the fruits in one cluster make them pleasing to the eyes.

The fruit has a sour taste similar to that of the cranberry when immature, and a tart but sweet taste when ripe.

This plant grows as a small tree of 3–8 m high.

Children in rural areas especially in the farm, usually enjoy eating this fruit with little amount of salt and vinegar. That it one of the fun activities I miss from my childhood.

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I believe the fruit will be rich in vitamin C. Thanks for giving this information about the fruit.

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4 years ago

Yes right and good for our health.

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User's avatar Cha
4 years ago

The fruit look very fine and sweet to taste.I definitely would like to taste this fruit

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4 years ago

What a nice fruit it is! I donot know about this fruit. Thank you so much for sharing this interesting article.

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4 years ago

In the town where I live there is a fruit similar to the description it makes, but we call it false blueberry, it is very tasty. This fruit when it is well ripened is dark in color and paints its tongue and lips dark purple.

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4 years ago