KERANDANG, KARAUNDA

This is a small tree, 3-5 meters tall, belonging to the same family as Frangipani. It is a native of India but is cultivated locally mainly in villages for fruits and in some gardens as ornamental. It is a beautiful tree when it is full bearing but it is rather thorny and prickly, and produces latex. This small tree produces small whitish flowers measuring 3.5 cm across. The fruits are pinkish white, very sour and therefore used mainly as pickles but can also be made into jam or cooked.