Comments on: Buah Tarap – Fruit unique to Sabah/Borneo

By: Anna_Banna

Anna_Banna — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:19:21 +0000

I’m so lucky to find this blog the last time I was in Sabah was when I was 6 years old and Tarap Fruit has been my favourite when I lived there… After migrating to London, I missed the fruit so much and after 19 years in oversea I can wait to go back and eat it again there’s so many fruits in Sabah which are not available in the peninsular…

By: supergeckolover

supergeckolover — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:32:37 +0000

Actually found too in the jungles of Peninsular Msia but unknown or probably not popular to man hence not grown commercially or cultivated by man. Growing wild it does get eaten by the tropical animals, monkeys and birds.

By: Hans

Hans — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:09:56 +0000

the fruit you talk about is also called Marang, bot. name: Artocarpus odoratissimum

By: loupy

loupy — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:18:33 +0000

J’ai effectué un voyage au Sabah où j’ai fait l’ascension du kinabalu en novembre 2009; au bord de la route j’ai vu ce fruit que j’ai goûté et aimé.
J’ai rapporté des graines à l’île de La Réunion où j’habite et les ai semées;
Elles ont toutes poussé ,je vais les mettre en terre bientôt et j’espère avoir des fruits dans un avenir pas trop lointain.
à mon avis ce fruitier doit pousser sous tout climat tropical et sub tropical;
merci pour les renseignements sur ce fruit que les autochtones appelaient Parap;
Jack

By: Joslai

Joslai — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:06:09 +0000

An exotic fruit found only on the Island of Borneo and Mindanao. Sweet and fragrant when ripe but does not travel well. Ripens rapidly when covered in newspaper or paper boxes for transport and the pulp turns black and sour. That may be the reason why there has never been an attempt for export. Singaporeans, Peninsular Malaysian and others are puzzled when told of this fruit. Come visit Borneo to sample this wondrous fruit. Fruiting season August to December. When in Borneo, don’t miss also the colored durians in orange, red and yellow.

By: bruneiantarapeater

bruneiantarapeater — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:25:39 +0000

FYI, i’ve always thought buah tarap was only found in Brunei since it’s one of our local fruits as well. I was led to believe that malaysians didnt know how to eat tarap, thinking it was just a type of forest fruit eaten by birds or something. But now i know better. this is one of Brunei’s favourite local fruits. We also mix the sweet flesh wt seeds in batter and then deep fry them to make Cucur Tarap (Tarap Fritters). The seeds can be washed, dried and then roasted to be eaten as nuts.

By: Jo-Ann

Jo-Ann — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:22:26 +0000

I have just been in Borneo and I so wish this fruit was grown in Australia! It tasts like banana custard with a bit of caramel. Just delicious. I could not detect any sourness at all.

By: vern

vern — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:19:28 +0000

just for info, this fruit is not only available in Sabah but also common in Sarawak and Kalimantan, indonesia.

By: mimid3vils

mimid3vils — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:04:58 +0000

I thought it was nangka or cempedak by just looking at ur picture~~

By: Pink Parisian

Pink Parisian — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:36:18 +0000

Pablo: It doesn’t look like a soursop. There are these thornlike spines all over as you can imagine from the cross section of the skin. See if they have it in Sarawak!