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Pulasan fruits
Came upon this fruit tree by the canal in Sungai Sireh, Tanjung Karang recently. Pulas means to twist, an action required to break the skin in order to eat the sweet flesh inside. The pulasan is less commercial than rambutans, so they are harder to find in marketplaces.
The pulasan, ''Nephelium mutabile'' Blume , is a tropical fruit closely allied to the rambutan and sometimes confused with it. It has various common names, including ''pulasan'' in English, Spanish and Malay, ''kapulasan'' in Indonesia, ''ngoh-khonsan'' in Thailand, and ''bulala'' or ''panungayan'' in the Philippines.
Usually eaten fresh, it is sweeter than the rambutan and lychee, but very rare outside Southeast Asia.
Similar species: Sapindales
By Azura Ahmad
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Uploaded Aug 7, 2016. Captured Aug 6, 2016 09:43 in Jalan Parit Satu Sungai Sireh, 45500 Tanjong Karang, Selangor, Malaysia.
