Langsat

Lansium domesticum

fruit

Small round fruits in clusters, with beige skin and translucent, segmented, sweet-sour flesh, from a Southeast Asian tree.

Origin

Malay Peninsula

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The skin is peeled; the bitter seeds are spat out: bitten into, they spoil the mouthful.

Did you know?

Duku, with bigger, rounder, thick-skinned fruits in short clusters, are told apart from langsat, with thinner skin; depending on the variety, it ranges from 2 to 6 mm.