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Parkia speciosa
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Parkia speciosa. Form the Mimosoideae; Leguminosae. speciosa in latin means showy or beautiful. My father said that “in the old kampung days” the inflorescence which looks like a bulb set on a long stalk was used to play a game called ketok ketok and they would use that to hit each other on the head.

The beans are the famous petai which is another favorite delicacy when fried with sambal.

Picutre taken today with my free BenQ camera that came with the SCV (which has been terminated because of too much moving images, music videos and travel and adventure). The pictures are disappointing but I just need an image to blog on. This I blame Otterman. Why all this call-signs? like Maverick and Goose.

Nephelium malaiense
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Mata kuching. This is related to the longan, lychee and rambutan.

Along Island Club Road to the TreeTop Walk are some old kampungs. This is the first time I have seen it in fruit, honestly, its the first time I have seen this tree (its a lifer). The flesh of the fruit (picked up from the road and tasted much to the disgust of Jen) is really thin but the taste is heavenly and alluring. Sexy. So if you are vegan, have some of this "eye of the cat" instead of oysters and soon it will get you purring…

Corner (198 described the mata kuching to be one of the handsomest trees in Malaya when grown to perfection.