noun
A round fruit about the size of a tennis ball. It has a glossy leathery skin that is either green, purple, or some combination of the two colours. Inside is a purple and white milky flesh that exhibits a distinct star pattern. The fruit is sweet and eaten raw
also known as
apra, caimite, cainit, chulo, damsel, estrella, goudblad boom, jamoon, kaimit, pied caimite, star apple, star plum, sterappelarrow_drop_down
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Lucina Prime
10 years ago
We call it caimite in Trinidad.
We call the above photo Caimite in St. Lucia. What you call pomme surrette we call dungs/dunks, Chinese jujube and coco coolie.
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Ketjah
7 months ago
This is not pomme surette in Guadeloupe. We call this one caïmite and pomme surette is dunks.