It's Dodde (pl.) (sing. Doddo) Check it here http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3203581823/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3204430410/ First green, then yellowish/flame colour and finally Red It has one or twp seeds (sort of Chickoo seeds) It attracts ‘Pake’, ‘Kogllam’, 'Kukur' ‘Chanio’ and kids like we used to be. Can’t eat too many, even if you eat one, the inside of your mouth become starchy and it remains that way for a long time It’s flowers are like ‘ounnam’ But not all ‘ounnam’ tree give ‘dodde’ the tree/leaves similar to this ‘Ounnam’ tree http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk3/4258949686/ Branches of which were used to decorate wedding pandals /Mattov And its leaves / panam were spread on the wet dancing floor / Zomin Offcourse, it was then when we had weddings at home at both ‘Novreagher’ and ‘oklegher’ Also used at Holy Cross feasts, also as large Xmas tree etc Hanv doddnicher choddttam.. Hanv Ounnicher choddttam.. (Climbing on the tree..) When I was a kid, we used to bunk school and hide on this tree ‘doddnicher’ and sometimes ‘Zamllicher’ PS. There are some sort of bigger ants (harmless I think) which we also call as 'dodde' Quote; [Goanet] Strange fruit (Stolen is always sweeter- this one tastes flowery) Edgar Silveira edgar at goencar.com Sat Feb 19 09:54:42 PST 2011 http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoart Can't keep from jumping compound walls at siesta time...here is another set of fruit plucked from a Salcette garden. Not the Borda baatkar's garden this time. Don't know the name but someone who has eaten these says they are flowery in taste. Take a look (the pictures are a little blurry). Regards. [email protected] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
