[Goanet] Is this a fig (from a Margao-Borda garden).. (Goan saying: stolen fruit is always sweet.)

[Goanet] Is this a fig (from a Margao-Borda garden).. (Goan saying: stolen fruit is always sweet.)   Wild figs/ rumbddam / anjir http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/241091342/sizes/l/   http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3241319196/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk16/3240486585

Re: [Goanet] Is this a fig (from a Margao-Borda garden).. (Goan saying: stolen fruit is always sweet.)‏

These are wild figs. There were many wild fig-trees in the villages in Goa (very few are left now,) which produced wild figs. In Konkani, the tree is called ‘rumbodd’ and the fruits are called ‘rumbram.’ As children, we sometimes ate these fruits; we didn’t like them much because they were dry

Re: [Goanet] Is this a fig (from a Margao-Borda garden).. (Goan saying: stolen fruit is always sweet.)

Great pics, Edgar. Edgar Silveira wrote: Chanced upon this fruit while ambling through some Borda gardens in the afternoon (climb the wall and pray the dogs are..)the owners were on their afternoon napin the scramble, one did not have a moment to check the name plate buthush

[Goanet] Is this a fig (from a Margao-Borda garden).. (Goan saying: stolen fruit is always sweet.)

Chanced upon this fruit while ambling through some Borda gardens in the afternoon (climb the wall and pray the dogs are..)the owners were on their afternoon napin the scramble, one did not have a moment to check the name plate buthush...its a certain Mr. Faleiro ??? Did not kno