Jak ji poznat

Habit

shrub to small tree; pinnate leaves and long hanging flower/fruit clusters on branches/trunk

Fruit

ovoid to ellipsoid smooth fruit, green when immature, progressing through reddish/purple tones to dark purple-black when ripe

Consumer identity

Thai ชำมะเลียง / พุมเรียง / โคมเรียง = Lepisanthes fruticosa (Roxb.) Leenh.

Jedlá část: ripe L. fruticosa fruit flesh, young leaves and young shoots as a cooked/fresh vegetable in documented Thai uses

Běžně se nejí: seeds are not promoted as a normal eating portion; roots/medicinal preparations are outside this consumer profile, any fruit/flower/seed identified only as vernacular ชำมะเลียง without species confirmation is unsafe to generalize because L. senegalensis has a toxicity warning

Jak chutná

Chuť

ripe fruit is sweet to sweet-astringent; less-ripe fruit is more astringent

Textura

small fleshy fruit around typically two seeds

Použití v kuchyni

• fresh ripe fruit
• fruit beverage/juice
• young leaves/shoots as vegetable
• kaeng liang / mixed-vegetable curry variant

Sezóna a dostupnost

Guidance

THBIF records L. fruticosa fruiting in February–April. Other Thai sources document broader flowering/use windows, so February–April is retained as an exact fruiting reference rather than a guaranteed nationwide retail calendar.

Kde koupit

Guidance

Treat fresh ชำมะเลียง as a seasonal/local fruit rather than guaranteed supermarket stock. DOAE production-reporting guidance explicitly lists ชำมะเลียง as a fresh-fruit commodity, and Thai institutional sources describe it as a native fruit tree commonly planted in orchards/home gardens. Check local fresh/community markets or growers around the local fruiting window.