Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Nature Note From Mhow: Have you ever eaten t...
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Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Nature Note From Mhow: Have you ever eaten the Jungle Jalebi?
Photographs taken from March to May 2008.
Camera: SONY DSC H9.
Taxonomic Name: Pithecellobium dulce
Common Names: Madras Thorn, Manila Tamarind, Monkeypod, Guamachili, Kamatsile (Filipino), Opiuma (Hawaiian).
According to the Wikipedia article on this tree it is a native of Central and Northern South America.
Besides the common names given above Pradip Krishen's Trees Of Delhi, a copy of which is always on my study table, gives me the names Vilaiti Imli and Dakhani Babool for this tree in Hindi.
The jungle jalebi was a childhood favourite during the years I spent in Mhow in the late sixties and early seventies. Every summer we had to break a few by throwing stones and then fight for the tasty fruit when they fell to the ground.
We have a tree in our house now. It is the rejuvented part of an older tree and is doing well.
These pictures are taken over a period of almost two months as the flowers became fruits which in turn ripened.
The large leaves one can see to the left in the pic above are those of the lantana.
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Hi Madhvi... yes they are mouth watering... let me see if I can e-despatch a few for you...
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Hi Priya... thanks for the visit... am glad this blog post brought back childhood memories...
I think that if this fruit were to be advertised as an American fruit many of our urbanites would make a beeline for it...
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Hi Indu... thanks for the visit, the comment and the info... Seema Chinta Kayalu is an interesting name..
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Hi Lakshmi... am glad this post reminded you of your childhood days... thanks for telling me the Tamil name of this tree/fruit... will check whether it is also called kodukaapuli in Malayalam... thanks for the visit and the comment
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Hi promilla... these fruits are definitely edible... I have eaten quite a few and am still alive..
.. try to get some... and then let me know how tasty you found it to be... thanks for the visit, the comment and the reco... Dev
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Hi santhemant... thanks for the info about 'Goras Ambli'
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Yes it is a jalebi which children of today do not like so much like we did.We in gujarat call it Goras Ambli -milky imli..like you must have seen the Thai land Large sweet imli .we do see here as exotic fruit in market and malls.Here in baroda we get these goras ambli trees all over around Vishwamitri riuver and our public garden sayaji baug.As I have mentioned mahuda flowers are too direct to eat SWEET yellow ras gollas small!!
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These tress are in plenty in AP and the fruits are also available in the markets in seasons.
We call them Seema Chinta Kayalu.
Now I know why they are called Seema Chinta Kayalu.
In Telugu Seema means other countries.
Thanks for the nice pictures.
Indu
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DKV
Have eaten tons of this in childhood!! Jungle jalebi, very apt name because of its shape and sweetness.........
It is called kodukaapuli in Tamil (my childhood was spent in Madras) and maybe the same in Malayalam (not sure) and is very delicately flavoured.
Very nice photos
lakshmi
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A jalebi which grows on tress!!!!!!!
Never saw this tree in my life...but is it really edible? Looks tempting..and beautiful.
Thanks for sharing Dev ji.
promilla
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