Ixora

Ixora philippinensis

fruit

Small oval red berries with two seeds, from a shrub with pinkish-white flowers in the thickets of the Philippines, eaten raw.

Origin

Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The ripe fruit is rinsed and eaten raw, spitting out the seeds or stone; the skin is left if it is tough.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Its red-flowered cousins, widely grown, are used as offerings in Hindu worship.