Clicked this in Jayanagar, Bangalore. I saw this fruit for the first time. I am sure this one is common in Bangalore but somehow I never saw it before. Bought a few and I ate one. But it was Chhavi who liked it a lot and gobbled each and everyone that I had bought home. She would also tell me she was eating it ‘kach kach’ and that means she liked it a lot!
If you know the name of the fruit, do let me know.
PS. Gurgaon feels sweltering hot after a week in Bangalore.
hey, i dont know the name either… though it is available in bombay too… and i remember trying it out once, but didnt enjoy it too much, which explains why i dont know its name!
It’s known as the rose apple or paneer fruit.its grown in kerala
Delhi nee NCR is paying for its sins…
Looks like naspati
is it a pear? hope your having a nice time.
why did not u send it? i would have tasted n told u the name heh..cheers M
Anu, I too thought it was quite mild flavored but Chhavi liked it a lot.
Tarun Naspati nahin hai! I know naspati.
Dave it is not a pear I do not know the name still and I am back to work with 43 degree Celsius the temperature in this part.
Ramesh how thoughtful of you!
This fruit is called Jamrul. The fruit can be found towards eastern India including West Bengal and southern part of India as well
Yea u r right..
Is it a quince ? I have not eaten the raw fruit but i ate a jam once and remember looking it up. How big was it ?
is it “alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear — pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed” ?
Is it guava? or cashew’s fruit?
Pooja I searched for quince on Google images but no it is not the fruit.
Nilesh no, it hardly had any seeds.
Doli, no I have eaten a lot of guavas and that was not it.
In Tamil Nadu it is called PaNeer Pazham (pronounced param); its somewhat sweet and has water content. I see a lot of it in Kolkata, but I don’t know what it is called in Bengali.
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Sounds like the same fruit Julia 😀
it’s a variety of what i know is called as rose apple, but what i’m familiar with is the pink one, rather than the green one.:)
Jem thank you, I will soon post the picture of the pink version too. Let me now go and search rose apple.
Available in calcutta and mumbai.
In Calcutta it is called Jamrul (not to be confused with the jambul which is the dark seeded fruit we all know). Much much smaller in size than a pear. Does not have the slightly thicker skin that a pear has. But when you bite into it, the crunch and watery texture may remind you of a pear!
Yes Soumya the description is quite apt!
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I’ve tasted this all my life growing up in Bangalore. Yes, i is a Rose Apple. They call it a Rose Apple in Russel market. Its a Syzygium species – Syzygium samarangense (deep rose) or Syzygium jambos (pale green).
I’ve also seen pinkish hued Rose Apples.
They’re also called wax apples.
Thanks Asma for your comment.
you can refer to fruitipedia.com for info on the rose apple
http://www.fruitipedia.com
http://www.fruitipedia.com/gulab_jamun%20Syzigium%20jambos.htm
Yes this is called Paneer (Rose Water) Pazham (Fruit) in tamil. I don’t know the name for it in any other language. But I have eaten a very similar fruit in the Caribbean, a bit larger, pink-red on the outside unlike the ones here which are usually white, they call it Otaheite Apple.
Thanks Suresh, I thought this is called Rose Apple.
Its Wax Apple widely grown in coastal karnataka & Kerala
Its wax apple, white apple, JAMBU FRUIT…….
This fruit is called Bell fruit.
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_samarangense
The Botanical name of this fruit is Syzygium aqueum. it is called as Rose Apple or watery apple.
Thank you so much!
In bengal it is called ‘Jamrul’