Borneo fruit-The terap fruit of Asajaya(Artocarpus Adoratissimus)

This is the terap fruit native only to the island of Borneo.  In Sabah, it is known as the marang fruit.  There are other names.  Green pedalai, madang, tarap, timadang.  The botanical name for this fruit is artocarpus odoratissimus.  It is related to the cempedak and breadfruit families.  This fruit emit a strong sweet scent coming from the rind, a signal telling us the fruit is ripe for eating.  The rind has soft spines.  The fruit is prised open to reveal small white arils which tastes like custard apple.  A ripe fruit will fall to the ground and split open.  The seed is like the cempedak seed except that it is white. Like the cempedak seed, the seed of the terap fruit is edible by boiling.

Some say this fruit tastes like the cempedak fruit-very sweet and tasty. In Borneo, it is found in the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. These fruits are cultivated in Sadong village in Asajaya. In times of abundance, the fruit are sold quickly with values rated according to their sizes.  The small fruit will be sold for RM5, a medium size RM7 and a large one for RM10.