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I lived in Benin as a child, from 1966 -1971; my father worked with the Ministry of Agriculture in the Midwest State; he was a horticulturist with USAID, working on Rubber Research, Oil Palm, Cocoa projects, etc. We had one of these trees, right across the road from our house, on Boundary Road. It was a solitary, huge tree, and when the fruit came on every year, people from miles around, including us, used to gather at the base of the tree, and use slingshots & rocks and anything else we could lay our hands on, to knock the fruit down, and eat them up! They were delicious.
The locals in Benin called them “Hamples” when we lived there! Everybody couldn’t wait until the “Hample” tree had fruit on it!
I wonder about another fruit we used to eat when we lived in Benin. Back in 1966, when we lived there on Boundary Road, that was on the edge of the Jungle! Hard to believe now, I know, from looking at Googlemaps of our place; but across boundary road, from our compound, which was technically part of the “Government Reservation” then, was unbroken, triple canopy jungle! Anyway, growing in our compound, and along fence rows in the area, were small little vines, running close to the ground, Once or twice per year, around the same time the Locusts would come (I remember this timing!); these vines would seem to die off, and they would leave behind all of these small, round, orangish little balls, about the size of a marble or a bit smaller, filled with a whitish, creamy pulp & about 20+ tiny little seeds. You’d just grab the little balls, and pop them open and squeeze the seed/pulp into your mouth. Delicious; like eating a crunch little spurt of yoghurt! Great stuff. Anyone know what these fruit are called? Are they even around any more?
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