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noun Ziziphus Mauritania; A small round berry about 3/4 inches in diameter. The fruit is green and turns yellow as it ripens. Ripe fruit may occasionally develop a rust brown colour and a cracked texture. The unripe fruit is firm and slightly acidic, and grows softer and mushier when it ripens. The berries have a single hard seed.

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16 years ago

Another name for it is Aprin, this is the wayy they call it back in Vieques , Pr also in the Virgin Islands

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Deborah
13 years ago

TY Lizzy..I have been lookin for this a while now Deb

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CJL
13 years ago

Dungs in Trinidad and Tobago...when they get really ripe they tend to be slimy and those are called "snatty nose"

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Hands
12 years ago

Dey cum forum a tahl tahl tree, right?

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jason
12 years ago

ITs pronounce downs.

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That guy just
12 years ago

Dunks Doung (Aprin, Chinese Jujube, Coolie Plum, Crabapple, Dindoulier, Dunk(s), Gingeolier, Indian Jujube, Liane Croc Chien, Mangustine, Perita Haitiana, Petit Pomme, Pomme Malcadi, Pomme Surette, Yuyubi), Its commonly known in Trinidad as dunks, but these are the other names.

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pomme serret
11 years ago

That's what I grew up hearing it being called. Not sure of the spelling

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Terry
10 years ago

I live in Florida I have this tree

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Ann
9 years ago

What are the health benefits

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8 years ago

How does this plant grow?

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Lee
8 years ago

How to grow this plant? Does it grow from seed?

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Kabby
7 years ago

In Guyana this fruit is known as "Dungs"

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Kenneth
7 years ago

Just had some really nice ones today. The kids loved them. Found a piece of land with about fifty trees spread out all over.

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Kenneth
7 years ago

Just had some really nice ones today. The kids loved them. Found a piece of land with about fifty trees spread out all over.

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Donna
7 years ago

It is called JuJu in Bahamas.Donna

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Tc
7 years ago

Its doungs in Tobago. Snatty nose, when over ripe becomes crimpled like dry raisin

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Winston Sankar
7 years ago

It wonderful l call little apple when it is delicious .

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7 years ago

Dungs bai 😋😋 eat it with some salt and pepper or you can pickle it.

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C.R.
6 years ago

I am from Canada, but Guyanese. I have been searching the net for this fruit. I just came across a YouTube channel that the person was eating jujube. I said wait a minute this looks like Dungs cause these ones are large almost like an apple size. So happy to find some information on Dungs. Wish I could find this fruit in a grocery store here. I use to have Dungs Tree on our property back home Gyna

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Donna
6 years ago

I’ve been in the US for almost 40 years and I can still taste a nice dungs. When I was growing up I’m Guyana one of my neighbors had a tree. Still remember looking for the brown ones. :-)

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Herma
6 years ago

I was given some dark red fruit yesterday, but they tasted like "dunks", which is what we call it in my native Eastern Caribbean. So I roamed the internet today, looking for "coolie plum", its name in Jamaica. Scientific name? Ziziphun Mauritiana.

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Ramona
6 years ago

This is dungs, but there is a variety found "down d islands" in Trinidad that get as large as an apple. It is delicious. I've seen and tasted it only once. So it is relatively rare.

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Stephen
6 years ago

I went down at cerdos beach to have a bath and was suprised to find 2 trees right there on the beach i took up and pickea about 100 love then they were sweet

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L
6 years ago

In St. Maarten (Dutch Side), it's called "pumsarett". I'm not even sure how it's spelt, but that's what it's called here.

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5 years ago

Locally in sxm it is called pomserrette. We even have a street named after it.

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tammi
5 years ago

Ziziphus Jujuba / Z. mauritiana Factsheet

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Shatta
4 years ago

I found something that looks like this in No Frills but not sure, they call it Chameli Ber product of India.

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3 years ago

In st.Maarten we call them “pomme surette” long time since I had some. Definitely a major part of my childhood. My aunt use to make rum from them.

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Cocoyea
3 years ago

Question: Have you ever seen worms in dungs?

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Deborah
3 years ago

No worms in dungs fruit

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Rose
last year

Born in British Guiana (Guyana) had a couple of "dungs" trees in our yard, loved to eat them.