Local Fruit Called Geliw-giwen, a Variant of Bun-ney or Bugnay (Bignay)
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Saw this bunch held by a lady while returning from the river; she offered some for me to taste - sweet ones are dark in color. ---03/21/2008: Thanks, Shielandre & Nazikrieg, for naming this fruit. "The colorful bignay, Antidesma bunius Spreng., is called bignai in the Philippines; buni or berunai in Malaya; wooni or hooni, in Indonesia; ma mao luang in Thailand; kho lien tu in Laos; choi moi in Vietnam; moi-kin and chunka by the aborigines in Queensland. Among English names are Chinese laurel, currant tree, #####'s cord, and salamander tree." Taken from http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morto n/bignay_ars.html
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4 comments
we call that fruit in our place(Asipulo) Geliw-giwen. and there is also other fruit that we call it Bun-ney or bugnay. i hope i can have foto of bugnay fruit to show the difference. i used to climbed those trees when i was young.
said shielandre
Hello Folks, for the information of everybody. This is Bugnay or bignay berry. The source of Bignay wine.
said nazikrieg
This looks like what we call a wild cherry here in Tennessee.
said lovejoy
This looks like aratiles.
said fdguin
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