4 kinds of fruits that once fell, no one picked them up, now they are a popular and very expensive specialty

Fruits in Vietnam are very diverse, in any region there are typical fruits. But few people know that many wild fruits that were once thought to be inedible have become famous specialties with extremely expensive prices such as wild jackfruit, forest pineapple, forest rambutan and forest bitter melon.

Forest pineapple

Also known as wild pineapple, prickly pineapple, sea pineapple, wood pineapple or mountain pineapple. They grow wild in humid areas such as coastal areas, coastal areas or flooded forests, especially in the sea from Da Nang to Binh Thuan, Kien Giang…

The people of the sea describe the pineapple as a giant egg with a length of 16-22cm. They will pick them to dry and soak in alcohol to make medicine because of their high nutrient content. In addition, ripe forest pineapple can be eaten immediately with a rather sweet and aromatic taste.

Forest pineapple is also known as wild pineapple, thorn pineapple, sea pineapple, wood pineapple or mountain pineapple.

Suffering through the forest

They grow wild on many hillsides and are picked by people in the highlands for food. Visually, forest bitter melon is green in color and has many thorns, leaves and fruit are smaller than regular bitter melon. When ripe, they give a golden yellow color.

Many people wonder whether forest bitter melon has a bitter taste like regular bitter melon? And in fact, they are much more bitter, often used for processing into dishes such as cooking soup, stir-frying eggs. Those who are not used to eating will not be able to eat because it is too bitter, but eating will be extremely nutritious.

Bitter gourd grows wild on many hillsides, picked by the highland people for food.

Forest rambutan

Widely distributed in the Central region or the Central Highlands. They have the same appearance as normal rambutan, but the inside is very eye-catching golden yellow.

Forest rambutan has a very sour taste, so not everyone likes to eat it. Therefore, only those who love sour foods will process them into rambutan dishes or dip them with salt and pepper. In the main season, they will cost from 30,000 to 50,000 VND/kg.

Forest rambutan has a very sour taste, so not everyone likes to eat it.

Forest jackfruit

This fruit is also known as jackfruit, has the following characteristics: round and smaller than female jackfruit. They grow a lot in the mountains and forests of the Central Highlands such as Dak Nong, Dak Lak and some central provinces.

Wild jackfruit starts to ripen from the 4th month onwards. In the past, they fell full of roots, no one bothered to pick them up, but later people realized their value and picked them up and sold them. Some people said that the forest jackfruit is very tall, so if you want to pick it, you have to spread a tarpaulin under the root and then use a ladder to climb up to pick it down.

This fruit is also known as jackfruit, has the following characteristics: round and smaller than female jackfruit.

When ripe, the skin of the jackfruit is very soft, no latex, so it is easy to peel it by hand. They have a sour, sweet, and very aromatic taste. Therefore, they are quite expensive, from 50,000 VND / fruit equivalent to hundreds of thousands / kg.