Fruits name starts with the letter " R "

1     Rambai Fruits                                                                 

       Rambai - baccaurea motleyana

   A fruit somewhat resembling the langsat or duku fruit but belonging to a different family, Euphorbiaceae, is the rambai, baccaurea motleyana, called rambi in the Philippines, mai-fai-farang in Thailand.

    Rambai is a tree with a height of 8 -12 m and a wide tree canopy. The leaves are shiny green on the upper surface and slightly brownish and slightly bermiang on the bottom side. The leaves can be up to 30 cm long and 15 cm wide.  

     Rambai fruit is a kind of fruit that will bear fruit in considerable amounts. This fruit also contains nutrients and good health benefits. The fruits, in showy strands dangling from the older branches and trunk, are oval, 1 to 1 3/4 in (2.5-4.5 cm) long and 1 in (2.5 cm) thick, with thin, salmon-colored or brownish-yellow, velvety skin becoming wrinkled after ripening. The translucent, white, sweet-to-acid pulp is in 3 to 5 segments which separate readily, each segment containing a brown, flat seed about 1/2 in (1.25 cm) long, adherent to the pulp.

      This tree that lives wild and usually grows in the mangrove area. In addition, this rambai plant is also quite adaptive in swamp areas; rambai trees are widespread in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia (especially Sumatra and Borneo).

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 2    Rangpur Fruit                                                                   

       Rangpur Lime - citrus X limonia

    Rangpur Lime trees are vigorous, productive, medium-sized, spreading trees grow to 4.5 m high and 3 m wide.  The fruit is bright orange and are highly acidic and can be used as a substitute for limes. However the name lime in connection with this fruit is misleading, because there are very few similarities between the rangpur and other fruits called limes. Rangpur, citrus × limonia or citrus reticulata × medica, sometimes called the rangpur lime, mandarin lime or lemandarin, is a hybrid between the mandarin orange and the citron. It is a citrus fruit with a very acidic taste and an orange peel and flesh.  

      Rangpur fruits are prized for their tangy, smoky flavour, and both the zest and juice are used for sweet and savoury dishes. The peel exudes a fresh lime fragrance and the flesh is tart and juicy and an ideal substitute for limes or lemons.  Small, whole fruits are sometimes candied or pickled, and the leaves are highly-scented and can also be used in cooking. 

     The fruit is easily peeled and can be broken into 8-10 segments like a mandarin, but it has a distinct strong acidic lime flavour with a deeply floral, honeysuckle aroma.  Each fruit will provide about 2 tablespoons of juice which can be used to make curds and tarts or added to cocktails with gin.  Delicious jams and marmalades can be made using the fruit and juice, and syrups can be incorporated into sparkling water and iced tea or cooked into curds and baked goods.

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3     Raspberry Fruit                                                             

       Raspberry – rubus

     It is a shrub that can grow up to 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide.  Raspberries should be grown in full sunlight and spaced at least 3 feet apart.  They should not be planted where eggplants, potatoes, tomatoes, or strawberries were previously grown because root diseases might be present in the location. Raspberries are perennial plants with biennial canes or stems.  The canes or suckers are used for propagation. They grow to their full height in the first year, and then they fruit during the second year. After the second year, the canes die.

     Raspberries come in four colours, red, yellow, purple and black.  The purple and black varieties have rigid, upright stems and are able to stand alone.  Red and yellow varieties are trailing plants that should be supported on wires or a trellis.  

     Raspberry or red raspberry is a tart, sweet, red composite fruit that in proper botanical language is not a berry at all, but instead an aggregate fruit of numerous drupelets around a central core. In raspberries and other species of the subgenus, the drupelets separate from the core when picked, leaving a hollow fruit, whereas in blackberries the drupelets stay attached to the core.  The fruit is an important food crop and have a sweet taste and are very aromatic.

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4      Rollinia Fruit                                                                     

        Rollinia - rollinia deliciosa

     This fruit is a species of flowering plant in the custard-apple family, which is native to tropical South America. It is cultivated for its edible fruits, commonly known as biribá or wild sugar-apple, throughout the world's tropics and subtropics.

      This is a fast-growing, sun-loving tropical tree, with leaves up to 35 cm long. It can reach a height of 4 –15 m, which can bear fruit from seed within 3 years.  The fruit is large, conical or round, green when unripe, ripening to yellow. Its surface is covered with soft spines or protuberances which bruise and blacken with handling, giving it an unappealing appearance. This delicacy, together with a shelf life of less than a week, has limited its commercial cultivation.

      The fruit pulp is very soft and sweet, tasting somewhat like a lemon meringue pie. Some reports of the flavour are extremely favourable, others more moderate. Propagation is usually by seeds.  Rollinia fruit is usually consumed fresh, but it can also be used to make juices, milkshakes, ice cream and wine etc.

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5     Rambutan Fruit                                                                 

       Rambutan - nephelium lappaceum

    Rambutans are exotic fruits grown in tropical countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, India and Australia. They grow on a medium-sized tree,  which is related to the lychee. The fruit grows in clusters on evergreen trees and are hairy-looking exotic wonders. Rambutan fruit trees are male, female or hermaphrodite. They are evergreens that attain a height of between 7 -15 m.  in height, with a dense, spreading crown.
     The name "rambutan" is derived from the Malay word rambut meaning "hair", a reference to the numerous hairy protuberances of the fruit, similarly in Vietnam, it is called chom chom - meaning "messy hair". This fruit is also called as the hairy fruit.

   The fruit is oval shaped, with a single seed. The outer peel is reddish or sometimes orange or yellow and covered with malleable, fleshy spines. The interior flesh is white to pale pink with a sweet flavour similar to grapes. The seed can be cooked and eaten or the entire fruit, seed and all consumed. 

    It is also rich in vitamin C.  Eating 5 – 6 rambutan fruit will meet 50% of daily vitamin C needs.  Rambutan also contains a good amount of copper.

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 6    Rose-apple Fruit   

        Rose-apple - syzygium jambos
Syzygium jambos is a multipurpose tree that has been cultivated for around 2,500 years.  It provides food, medicines and a range of commodities for the local population. An attractive tree with showy cream-coloured flowers and dark-green foliage, it is often grown as an ornamental and hedge plant in tropical gardens.  Other names are malabar plum, champakka, chom pu or chom-phu. plum rose,  jambrosade and pomarrosa.

The fruit is a berry. It is round and reaches 5 cm in diameter. If one cuts the fruit it smells like a rose. That is why the plant is called rose apple. The fruits are edible. The pulp is slightly yellow. The natives produce jam or juice from the berries. But they can also be eaten raw with a little bit of sugar. The fruit contains just one or two seeds. The wood is hardly used. This fruit tree is more used as an ornamental plant due to its wonderful flowers.


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7     Rumduol Fruit 

        Rumduol -  sphaerocoryne affinis

Sphaerocoryne affinis is a species of flowering plant in the soursop family, annonaceae. The fragrant flowers of sphaerocoryne affinis are regarded in Cambodia and Thailand; this plant has a yellowish-white flower with a single alternate leaf.  It has a height of 8 –15 m and stem diameter of 20 - 30 cm, it gives out an attractive smell in the late afternoon and evening, a distinctive fragrance that can be smelled from a long distance.  

The rumdul fruit is edible and has a luscious dark red black colour when it ripens. During the season of rumdul fruit, a lot of people set out to collect this delicious and earthy fruit to sell and make a living out of it as the fruits are favoured no less than its flowers.  Rumdul trees grow in the nature and it’s not hard to come by one at all, especially in Camdodia.  

For more information and images click here - Rumduol Fruit

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