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Lor

Your makapruims resemble what we refer to as redcoat plums in Jamaica. The yellow ones we refer to as hog plums because pigs love to eat them. We love to eat them too, in Jamaica.

arubagirl

Oh okay, thanks Lor. I had no idea.

Georgia/Caribbean Free Radio

The makapriums look like what we call Jamaica plums or Governor plums in Trinidad.

Shimacru looks like what we call Governor cherries. Do you roll them in your hands to soften them slightly before eating?

sweet trini

i know the makapriums as plums in both t+t and bim.
walk good.

Guanaguanare

Very interesting article. I recognise those fruits. In Trinidad, the shimarucu is called Governor's Plum (Flacourtia indica). What you call makapruims, we know as Jamaica plum. It can either be yellow and that we call Hog Plum (Spondia mombin) or it can be reddish purple (Spondia purpurea).

The West Indian or Barbados cherry or Acerola (Malphigia glabra) is a totally different fruit from the two pictured above.

Blessings,
Guanaguanare

gino

the second one is not shimarucu (as we know it in aruba) it looks like poison berry to me. i guess the writer put a generic picture the shimarucu goes from flower to green to red. NEVER black

Arleen

Origin and Distribution
Native to tropical America.RED MOMBIN, Spondias purpureaOne of the most popular small fruits of the American tropics, the Red Mombin, Spondias purpurea.The red mombin may be a shrub or low-branched small tree 8m in height. The branches are thick and brittle. The tiny, 4- to 5-petalled flowers are red or purple and borne in short, hairy panicles along the branches before the leaves appear which are a beautiful bright-red or purple when young. The fruits are plumlike, borne singly or in groups of 2 or 3,varying in colour from purple to bright-red, even yellow sometimes. They vary in shape and size from 2-5cm. The skin is glossy and firm; the flesh aromatic, yellow, fibrous, very juicy, with a rich, plum-like, subacid to acid flavor. Best eaten fresh for a light refreshing snack, but can also be made into jams, chutney, stewed, boiled or dried.

arubamekrazy

Hi, the shimarucu is like a cherry with multiple soft seeds in it. It looks like a miniature apple (shape), is red and is yellow on the inside. They are real small, like 1/2 inch not bigger. They are ALWAYS RED, when ripe and green while not ripe.

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ramon  zambrano

IN ECUADOR GROWTH ON THE COAST PART OF THE COUNTRY AND WE CALL WITH TWO NAMES *CIRUELAS* AND *OVOS* AND I AM LOOKING FOR A MACHINE FOR TO GET HIS JUICE IF YOU KNOW PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

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RAMON

nursery plants

There are many plants that can be grown in these wetlands like: red maple, silver maple, carpinus carolianiana, quercus phellos etc. No matter which plant you grow, they will definitely serve the purpose of enriching the natural environment and maintaining the ecological balance. The only thing to be kept in mind is that, you must take the proper guidance and also see with what is your aim of doing the plantation.

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