sentul, santol or lolly fruit 
some tropical fruits like the sentul, abiu, egg fruit and butterfruit which do not originate from malaysia or singapore are sometimes cast aside by singaporeans as being inedible or avoided because we do not know much about the fruit as we have not tasted or eaten them. however, some of these fruits that we side-step are actually sought after in their country of origin and in some of our neighbouring countries.
if you have been to qian hu fish farm you will have seen the egg fruit on some of the trees lining the road that leads to the farm. nobody seems to be interested in the fruit as the ripe fruits are strewn on the ground near the tree. along the same stretch you can also find the sentul fruit tree. again, because we know next to nothing about this fruit, the ripe fruits are left to rot. if you turn into jalan semangka, you will find many of the surinam cherry trees fruiting. the over-ripe cherries are all over the ground.
today, i took a drive to track 14 and jalan lekar as i wanted to check out the place mentioned in chun see's blog. it was at the junction of the two roads that i came across the sentul trees.
the sentul, which is known by the name 'santol' in the philippines, is a fruit popular with the filipinos. in indonesia, the same fruit is called kechapi. another name for it is the lolly fruit because you have to suck it to get the flavour. the seeds of the sentul are not edible.
if you have been to qian hu fish farm you will have seen the egg fruit on some of the trees lining the road that leads to the farm. nobody seems to be interested in the fruit as the ripe fruits are strewn on the ground near the tree. along the same stretch you can also find the sentul fruit tree. again, because we know next to nothing about this fruit, the ripe fruits are left to rot. if you turn into jalan semangka, you will find many of the surinam cherry trees fruiting. the over-ripe cherries are all over the ground.
today, i took a drive to track 14 and jalan lekar as i wanted to check out the place mentioned in chun see's blog. it was at the junction of the two roads that i came across the sentul trees.
the sentul, which is known by the name 'santol' in the philippines, is a fruit popular with the filipinos. in indonesia, the same fruit is called kechapi. another name for it is the lolly fruit because you have to suck it to get the flavour. the seeds of the sentul are not edible.
the fruit looks like an over-sized duku. one variety has fruit as big as a softball. some filipinos eat the santol with rock salt. they also made the pulp into a jam, after removing the seeds.
5 comments:
Is this the same one that my friend Chuck blogged about here? Recently I saw monkeys attack the fruits on this tree in MacRitchie.
Yes, I have seen the egg fruit trees outside Qian Hu. My children even plucked some home out of curiousity.
Btw, the Sentul fruit is available in the Thai supermarket in Golden Mile Complex.
So are you able to comment on my theory about the location of that artillery position? Looking forward to hear your verdict. (pls do it at my blog). Thks.
should be the same fruit tree. your friend named it as buah suntol. the trees are quite tall. several weeks ago we came across one at mt faber, just after the henderson waves. then i still did not know its name.
could this be the place? here
I had eaten buah sentul in my tender age of ard 3-4 yrs old. I remember having to throw it hard on the floor to break it open as i did not have the strengh to press it open with my hand. Then for half a century I could only remember vividly that fruit buah suntud and how it taste like, and a sense of regret for not able to see it, or ever again, i thought.
It was only a few yrs back when my brother brought me a plastic bag of the fruit and had me pleasantly surprised, as I'd given up hope that such fruits still exist. He'd actually plucked them from trees in his hdb neighbourhood estate!
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