#kenep

Yuki Urushibara

Taken by @caribcultivated

Kenèp season has officially started! Also called Spanish lime or mamoncillo. After the brittle skin is creaked open, the fruit can be squeezed into your mouth and the juices and pulp sucked off. The seeds are edible and can be roasted like sunflower seeds or chestnuts. The pulp can also be used to produce a dark brown dye that was used by our native Arawak/Taïno inhabitants. We’re actually planning to soon make some natural does to tie-die with 🙃 ・・・ #growninhaiti #kenep #mamoncillo #spanishlime #Melicoccusbijugatus #sapindaceae #soapberryfamily #agroforestry #reforestation #season #fruit #haiti #ayiti #organic #diversity #variety #foodsecurity #seedsovereignty #sustainable #edible https://www.instagram.com/p/CBrTjotFEFv/?igshid=ag81zcijkg0p

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SNACK!

It’s ‘Kenèp’ season! Ever since I was a kid, my favorite thing to do was to guess which fruits had twin seeds inside. Melicoccus bijugatus, commonly called Spanish lime, genip, guinep, genipe, ginepa, kenèp, quenepa, quenepe, chenet, canepa, mamón, limoncillo, skinip, kinnip, huaya, or mamoncillo, is native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean to northern South America. The fruits, which are usually sold in bunches from street vendors, are usually eaten out of hand. After the brittle skin is cracked open, the fruit is squeezed into the mouth and the juice sucked from the pulp. In Columbia, the peeled fruits are boiled and the resulting juice is chilled and served as a refreshing drink on hot days (similar to kampot in case any Eastern Europeans saw these in the market and didn’t know what to do with them). In Mexico, the more acidic fruits are eaten with chilies, salt, and lime juice. Here in Haiti, we prefer to add these to a bottle of rum or corn alcohol to make a deliciously infused cocktail. The seeds are edible and can be roasted like sunflower seeds or chestnuts. The pulp can also produce a brown dye that was used in the West Indies by native Arawak people to dye clothing. #growninhaiti #kenep #ginepa #genip #spanishlime #MelicoccusBijugatus #fruit #exotic #tropical #haiti #ayiti #seasonal #native #organic #arawak #dye #foodforest #reforestation #preservation #plantsomething #seeds #twins

#kenep wow!!! Haven’t had in I don’t know how long!! 😩 #delicious #refreshing #unqiue #exoticfruit #haitianheritagemonth🇭🇹 #haitian 🇭🇹 https://www.instagram.com/p/CdevhnOAN-6BZd7uDnfmYMcfHPZdPbTWYB8whA0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=