Àgbálùmọ̀ — African star apple
Category: Fruits
A tart, seasonal fruit with a distinctive gummy latex and tangy pulp, sold widely by roadside vendors.
Àgbálùmọ̀ has a short, eagerly-awaited season each year and is a well-loved snack fruit across South-West Nigeria.
Àgbálùmọ̀ has a short, specific season — typically appearing for just a few months — which makes it something people look forward to and buy eagerly from roadside vendors while it lasts, rather than a fruit available year-round.
Eating it takes a bit of technique: the skin and flesh contain a sticky, gummy latex, so the fruit is usually bitten or peeled carefully and the pulp sucked from around the seeds rather than eaten in whole bites like an apple.
Example: Àgbálùmọ̀ máa ń so ní àsìkò pàtó kan nínú ọdún. — "African star apple fruits in a specific season of the year."
Related words:
- Èso — Fruit, the general word
- Ìgbà — Season