Medlar

Medlar pome among leaves

Crabapple like fruit used for preserves a South African globular fruit with brown leathery skin and pithy flesh having a sweet acid taste.

Common medlar - Mespilus germanica

Medlar tree

It is small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples.

Medlar Cheese or jelly

it is indigenous to Iran (Persia), southwest Asia and also southeastern Europe, especially the Black Sea coasts of Bulgaria and Turkey.

This tree has been known to an edible fruit bearing tree for over 3000 years.


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