Thajské ovoce, zelenina a bylinky
Ovoce
Ma huat
มะหวด
มะหวด / กำซำ / Ma huat (Lepisanthes rubiginosa) je thajský původní/wild fruit z čeledi Sapindaceae. Zralý plod přechází z červenooranžových odstínů do tmavě fialové až černé, má tenkou dužinu, je šťavnatý a sladký až lehce svíravý. V Thajsku se vyskytuje ve všech regionech; častěji jde o lokální nebo lesní ovoce než o standardní řetězcový sortiment.
Jak ji poznat
- Habit
- shrub or small tree up to about 15 m, with pinnate leaves and pale fragrant flower panicles
- Fruit
- small fleshy lobed/ellipsoid fruit; green immature, then yellow-red/orange-red, finally purple to black when fully ripe
- Consumer identity
- Thai มะหวด / กำซำ and regional aliases = Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh.
Jedlá část: ripe fruit flesh/pulp, young leaves are documented as edible vegetable in Flora of Thailand/Thai sources
Běžně se nejí: seed is not promoted as a normal edible portion; medicinal roots/leaves/extracts are outside consumer-food guidance
Jak chutná
- Chuť
- ripe fruit is sweet with an astringent edge
- Textura
- thin juicy flesh around a dark seed
Použití v kuchyni
- fresh ripe wild/local fruit
- fruit juice/processed beverage research
- young leaves as vegetable in documented traditional use
Kde koupit
- Guidance
- มะหวด is better treated as a seasonal local/wild fruit than guaranteed supermarket stock. DOAE includes it in the miscellaneous-fruit inventory and Thai institutional sources document widespread occurrence and fresh eating. Around the April–May fruiting window, check local/community fresh markets or growers in areas where the species occurs; verify exact identity before purchase.
Skladování
- Guidance
- No validated household fresh-fruit shelf-life for L. rubiginosa was recovered. The fruit has thin flesh and is normally documented for fresh eating; handle ripe fruit gently, keep it cool/shaded and use promptly. No fixed day count is published.
Bezpečnost
- Flora of Thailand, DNP, MFU and DOA-linked research material document ripe L. rubiginosa fruit as edible.
- Use clean sound ripe fruit; seed and medicinal-root/leaf preparations are not promoted as normal food portions.
- Medicinal efficacy claims are excluded from this consumer profile.