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Canistel or Eggfruit (Trung ga)

Canistel or Eggfruit (Trung ga)

The Canistel is a large, open, evergreen tree that has dark green leaves up to twelve inches long clustered at eh tips of the branches.

The Canistel is a large, open, evergreen tree that has dark green leaves up to twelve inches long clustered at eh tips of the branches. The fruit has an orange to yellow thin skin, and the pulp is dry like a hard boiled egg yolk. They are commonly eaten fresh, used in cooking, pies, and they are excellent in ice cream. In milk shakes they taste like eggnog. You can find it from the North to the South of Vietnam.