The Fruits of Bolivian Lowlands Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text During our first morning in Santa Cruz, we went to a market where we picked up a few fruits we haven't seen before. <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-12-02-b-fruit/20051202_009_1349 Ocoró 2005-12-02-b-fruit/20051202_010_3817 Ocoró 2005-12-02-b-fruit/20051202_016_7688 Ocoró ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-12-02-b-fruit/20051202_012_0417 Tumbo 2005-12-02-b-fruit/20051202_014_4247 Tumbo 2005-12-02-b-fruit/20051203_004_1806 Achachairú ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-12-05-b-resort/20051205_010_0488 A little fruit whose name I don't remember 2005-12-05-b-resort/20051205_009_8668 The same little fruit on the ground 2005-12-05-b-resort/20051205_013_3102 A grapefruit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> One was spiky yellow "ocoró," with a large seed inside surrounded by some tangy meat. It's supposed to be a relative of cupuaçú (though a much smaller one). Another one was "tumbo" - a miniature passion fruit, used for juices ("jugo de tumbo"). The next day we picked up another fruit in a supermarket - "achachairú," yellow like ocoró and similar inside but without the spikes. The fourth interesting fruit (the name of which I no longer remember) was picked up from the ground and eaten after careful washing and an assurance from a friend that it was edible. Inside, there was a little bit of tangy meat (the whole fruit was about 15 mm in diameter) and a large stone. After cracking the stone I got some white stuff out of it which tasted like coconut, but the amount of it was so small that it hardly made the effort worthwhile. Apart from those new fruits, we saw a grapefruit tree and plenty of mango trees with mangos falling on the ground. This abundance of new and old fruits didn't last beyond Santa Cruz - as we moved on to the Altiplano we ended up just seeing the standard fruits (apples, bananas, peaches) and not even a particularly good selection of it. We did see many many different types of potatoes, though. Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
