Pulasan

Pulasan fruit is ovoid, 5-7.5 cm long, dark red, with its thick, leathery rind closely set with conical, thick, fleshy, straight spines, which are up to 1 cm long. There may be one or two small, undeveloped fruits nestled close to the stem. The Flesh(aril) is white or yellowish-white in color with upto 1 cm thick, more or less clinging to the thin, grayish-brown seedcoat, which separates from the seed. The flavour is generally much sweeter than that of the rambutan. The seed is ovoid, oblong or ellipsoid, light brown, somewhat flattened on one side, and 2 to 3.5 cm long. While very similar to rambutan, the fruit lacks the hairy spines. The flesh is very sweet and juicy, and separates easily from the seed, much more easily than the rambutan. In addition, unlike the seed of the rambutan, the seed of the pulasan is readily edible raw. It has a flavour somewhat like that of almonds.