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redvis
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Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone could help me ID the fruit photo I have attached to this post. It's for a research project for school. The Vietnamese name is no help and the people I've asked have no clue. It was photographed in a Vietnamese market near Los Angeles.
Thanks for any help.
Cameran
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luckyman
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Pitaya, red dragon fruit? the pictures look about the same. Hope this helps.
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redvis
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Hi luckyman,
It's not dragon fruit, that's the fruit to the left.
In fact we bought some red dragon fruit that day. I found just one photo of this fruit online but even that person didn't know what it was.
Cameran
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redvis
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Well thank goodness I work in a library - I found out what it is. It's called Gac Fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng).
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dgs©
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I'll go out on a limb and say you should probably peel it before eating. 
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hm insulators
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The real spiky fruits in the background are called "durians." Those are the ones that are famous for smelling EXTREMELY bad, but they are edible. They've been compared to eating vanilla pudding in a cesspool.
I once came up with a great football play that substitutes a durian (which is about the size and shape of a football) for the ball. If a cornerback keeps intercepting a quarterback's passes, then that's the time for my "durian play." The ball is replaced with a durian, the QB (wearing good gloves, of course) throws the durian to the offending cornerback, the cornerback intercepts it...and that's the last time he'll try intercepting that quarterback's passes again! 
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Captain Ron
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Ummm not to interject.... OK well interjection is the point of a forum anyway... I have seen Durian, I have smelled Durian, and I have forced myself to taste Durian. I will not describe what happened immediately afterward. I will say one thing though, there is NO member of the NFL that deserves that kind of treatment.. noooo one. heheh 
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