3. The indigenous people name this fruit tree after a large animal - what animal and why?
4. What is the main commodity produced from the fruit?
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This fruit is particularly rich in Vitamin C - it is used locally to make jam, jelly and juice. The nut at its centre is eaten as a snack but also added to cooked dishes for added flavour. An essential oil is extracted from it's seeds being highly beneficial to human health and it is also used for cooking. The indigenous people put it on their hair and skin as it serves as a moisturiser. The skin of the fruit is dried and ground to make a substitute for coffee.
Clue: The main product made from this fruit is finally processed in the Netherlands.
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I have no idea. I'll be one of the many tuning in to find out the answer when some clever person provides it!
ReplyDeleteI have yet to do a quiz that isn't answered correctly.
Delete1. Marula - Sclerocarya birrea.
ReplyDelete2. Africa.
3. Elephant tree. African belief that drinking an infusion of the bark of a male tree would lead to the birth of a boy child, or that of a female tree, to the birth of a girl child.
4. Alcohol, Oil... Many parts of the tree are used in traditional medicinal remedies. The leaves are chewed to reduce heartburn, oil from the nuts is used in skin treatments, and the bark has several uses - it contains an antihistamine, is used as a malarial prophylactic, and is also effective as a treatment for stomach upsets.
Your quizzes are always so hard! I don't have a clue actually, but your statement that the fruit's skin can be ground up and used as a coffee substitute makes me wonder if it's chicory?
ReplyDeleteSorry not chicory Debra.
DeleteP.S coffee comes from the root of a chicory plant.
Delete1. Marula 2. South Africa 3. I don't know 4. Oil.
ReplyDeleteFirst I was not sure and thought it might it be a "Paw-Paw? Asimina triloba.
ReplyDeleteBut then I thought anew and guess it is cacao (inside the beans, you can use cacao-butter, and there exists the cacao-frog. :-) And The Netherlands are the biggest cacao-processors, though soon that might be the Ivory Coast. .
Not today Britta - but you are welcome to have another try if you wish.
DeleteIs it the Cydonia oblonga, we call it 'Kweepeer' in Dutch, that originates from the Caspian Sea area, is used for example in jams, jellies, marmelades and puddings.
DeleteNo idea what the name is the indigenous people gave it.
Sorry no but I am not sure what a Cydonia oblonga is so will look it up on google.
DeleteI have now looked the fruit up that you mentioned Jeanneke, and I see it is what we call a Quince - a fruit that we also use to make jellies.
DeleteMy second guess: Marula-Baum (Sclerocarya birrea), auch Elefantenbaum. Animal: elephant, Amarula-liqueur and Amarula-Oil. But I don't see a connection to the Netherlands, dear Rosemary. I give up and am ready to learn!
ReplyDeleteNo idea.
ReplyDeleteIt is something that I came across whilst travelling.
DeleteNope. No idea. Could not even guess an answer :o)
ReplyDeleteAnswer next week Bob.
DeleteI wondered the tree might look a bit like the Moroccan argan tree, but I don't think the fruit is used beyond oil nor satisfies any of your other curious attributes. I'm still plugging for African, though, and that's as close as I can get!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome to have another plug Pip.
DeleteHello Rosemary, The tropical fruits available in Taiwan are fewer and fewer in recent years. The shape of the fruit and the way it attaches to the stem seem familiar, as does the shape of the tree, but nothing definite is coming into my mind. --Jim
ReplyDeleteThe fruit does have a sense of familiarity about it, however, these trees only grow in a particular area of the world.
DeleteNo idea! Something from south Africa? Please tell us more :)
ReplyDeleteLove from Titti
Answer coming up shortly Titti.
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ReplyDeleteDon't know, but is a magnificent tree. Fruit looks like kumquat but leaves look like many fruits such as apple and pear.
Dear Rosemary, That is a most magnificent tree. Whatever fruit it produces, it must be mountains of it. Maybe even enough for a herd of elephants. Except the tree is in such beautiful symmetry. not anything like elephants would leave behind.
Dear Gina - something you have written is very amusing which you will find out very soon.
DeleteSome huge gaps happening here which I cannot correct - blogger is behaving rather strangely
Deleteyet again!!!!