The French patois name in T&T. Also called Jamoon in Trinidad. Known as Malay Apples. These are much more fibrous in texture than an apple, not crunchy, but with high water content. Different taste, however, that I haven't figured out how to describe!
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Leizelle (50 months ago | reply)
The Pommerac! As we Trinidadians call it! yum yum makes a great chow!
Chow: highly seasoned fruit with lots of green seasoning, salt, pepper and garlic!
*tamara* (50 months ago | reply)
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Chennette (50 months ago | reply)
thanks :-)
jendayee (50 months ago | reply)
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We call it Ponmdo in creole Martinique, Pomme d'eau in french.
Pommerac sounds strange in french. In guadeloupe it's called Pomme Malaka. As it's not really sweet we say also "acre" and in creole that word is "rak". That gives = Ponmrak or Pommerac if you turn it frenchy :)))
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Chennette (50 months ago | reply)
bonjour Jen
yeah, I think we spell it pommerac, because that's how we pronounce in T&T (pom-ah-rac). I think I remember reading an explanation for the word very similar to yours, except most people (like me) who didn't actually grow up speaking the patois/creole don't always know the roots of the terms we use all the time! I know it for the pommecythere (golden apple). And for some reason the older indo-Trini community calls it jamoon, which I think means sweet? or a sweet...have to check the parents.
Raïssa B. (50 months ago | reply)
humm! Miam miam ! belle macro ! great shot !!!
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pictureinfocus (50 months ago | reply)
Well, I have never had one of these fruits before. Looks sweet…
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Fabrice ROSE (50 months ago | reply)
J'adoooooore ça
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jendayee (50 months ago | reply)
The flower is also very nice ! one day I'll post it if noone does it before :))
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Chennette (50 months ago | reply)
thanks Jen, would love to see the flower - it's been a while since I've seen the actual tree!
_loran_ (50 months ago | reply)
Magnifique. I don't know this fruit. Is it big ? It seems to be rather little
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amataiclaudius (50 months ago | reply)
In Jamaica it iscalled an otaheite apple. It is had as a ripe fruit or made into a juice.....delicious!!!
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Remlin (50 months ago | reply)
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otaheiti apples, my favorite!!! YUM!
Chennette (50 months ago | reply)
thanks all!
Trini Mom (50 months ago | reply)
Ok some history....Jamoon also is the name for a similar type fruit which also grows in clusters, It is deep red almost crimson and the fruit when ripe is so sweet and leaves a reddish purply stain on anything in its part. The flowers are similar to the Pommerac which is also called big Jamoon. I vivdly remember this tree in the village , well there were more than one and when we would pass by the tree we were sure to get one and rub it on our lips for lipstick. But oh so sweet and finger stains on the nails as well. There is a tree as you drive up the ramp near the Preysal Exit . Pommerac flowers are beautiful and a great sight.....
Of course jamoon is associated with the sweet we make from flour and condensed milk etc ... gulab jamoon to be exact and this purple fruit was also called gulab jamoon by some.... if I remember correctly some odd 50 years ago hehehehe.
Chennette (50 months ago | reply)
ok, so that lipstick story sounding familiar...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambul
(Syzygium cumini)
Trini Mom (50 months ago | reply)
Yes yes that is it.......thanks.
trinikreyol (50 months ago | reply)
Ok i am a trini and i speak creole also known as patois, i can give you an explanation of the word pommerac. In trinidad unlike martinique and guadeloupe our creole has been strongly influenced by spanish. The word pommerac comes from a combination of the words pomme which is french for apple and the spanish word maracas which is what some trinis call shack-shack. The fruit does look like the instrument as well as an apple! Hence the name!
Chennette (50 months ago | reply)
thank you very much :-)
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jsferreira (6 months ago | reply)
The word 'pommerac' is indeed Patois, and the first part 'pomme' does come from French. But the original was "pomwak", "pom marac" from "pomme de malacca" (‘Malacca apple’ from supposed origin in Malaya), also called malacca apple, plum rose, pomme malac, pomme malacca.