Java Plum season in Cambodia

The season of Java plum fruit arrives here locally. It is known locally as Pring, Pring Bay or Pring Dos Krobey. It doesn't look luxurious and attractive like other fruits, but it has so much benefits to ones' health. It is known to be grown in many countries and known by different names too.

·        Java plum, Portuguese plum, Malabar plum, black plum, purple plum

·        Jamaica = damson plum; also Indian blackberry.

·        In India and Malaya = jaman, jambu, jambul, jambool, jambhool, jamelong, jamelongue, jamblang, jiwat, salam, or koriang.

·        Thailand, it is wa, or ma-ha;

·        Laos, va;

·        Cambodia, pring bai or pring das krebey;

·        Vietnam, voi rung;

·        Philippines, duhat, lomboy, lunaboy or other dialectal appelations;

·        Java, djoowet, or doowet – juvet.

·        Venezuela, local names are pésjua extranjera or guayabo pésjua;

·        Surinam, koeli, jamoen, or druif (Dutch for "grape");

·        Brazil, jambuláo, jaláo, jameláo or jambol.

We would see them at street food stalls, and they are sold by a bottle. It is believed to have rich nutritional value, counting from various types of vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B6, Vitamin C) to many others such as fiber, proteins, carbohydrates, and various kinds of minerals too (calcium, iron, potassium, sodium, magnesium and phosphorus. 

How we eat it?

·        We can just wash it and eat as it is or do it other way.

·        Mix the salt and sugar and then mix these with the fruits by shaking them in a covered bowl for 1-2minutes. When they all mixed together, the fruit become softer and very good to eat!

Read more about the health benefits of Java plum here: https://www.epainassist.com/diet-and-nutrition/amazing-health-benefits-of-java-plum-or-jamun and here: https://medium.com/healthdekho-healthcare/java-plum-or-black-jamun-the-wonder-fruit-cb3ec53eca69

 And here about the origin of the fruit: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/jambolan.html