Thread: Pulasan fruit

I am looking for a pulasan tree (grafted) but cannot find it. They are called ngoh-khonsan in Thailand.

This fruit is easyier to grow then a lychee and also tastes better. They are grown a lot in Malaysia.

Does anybody know where i can buy a grafted tree variety sibabat (seebabat)?

I did a bit of Google-in for ya and came up with this forum.

Quote from: ohiojay on June 11, 2012, 0733 AM

When Warren and I were in Thailand, we asked about pulasan at every place, nursery, seller, you name it, where we visited. No one knew what the hell a pulasan was. My mother-in-law vaguely knew and said people considered them a weed. These were all wild grown plants and most were quickly removed. Even the lady Warren uses to ship plants from Thailand who works in the JJ MKT where any and all plants are sold, had to look the pulasan up in a book! She said maybe they are grown in the southern most part of Thailand. But I'm not risking my head being removed even for a pulasan!

The pulasan are definitely one of the highlights of our trip to PR. The Seebabat flesh is generous and separates from the seed. When at Ian's, we scamper from tree to tree like ants. Another of our PR hosts has a few seedling pulasan that does cling to the seed but the flavor is good enough to ignore the inconveniance.

But everyone has their own tastes and opinions. I don't think Sheehan will ban you from the forum for not liking pulasan! Or will he?

I also have been asking around for Pulasan but the Thai have never heard of that.

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=1657.0

tastes better than a lychee ?

blasphemy

though it sounds like I need to try it

Too bad you're not here; they're all over the place.

This guy has some seedlings page 2 same thread.

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Re: Cultivation of Malaysian fruits like Rumbuttan, Mangostine, Pulasan,Durian

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Quote from: bangkok on March 13, 2013, 12:00:38 AM

In Thai language they are called ngoh-khonsan which means shorthair rambutan.

I still don't understand why they are not availlable in Thailand because they seem to be easy to grow and very nice.

Rambutans are on the market now and then but awfull ones, i ate one and threw them all away 4 weeks ago.

The Thai should learn english fast and travel more. I guess then they will bring new fruit-variety's from abroad who can grow here. Thai lychee's are very nice and also look great. I almost cannot believe that a pulasan is even better but i believe you guys so i will go find me a tree.

Hi Bangkok,

Please pm me....I have few seedlings available.

Originally Posted by Namdocmai

They are called ngoh-khonsan in Thailand.

There are two types of Rambutan in Thailand.
"Ngoh Rong Rian" has sweet, succulent flesh that clings to the seed, while the oval-shaped "Ngoh Si Chompoo", the pink rambutan, has crisp, white flesh that comes off the seed easily.

Thanks for the info but i allready read all that.

So they are in the Phillipines and Malaysia, how can i order one online? I want a grafted plant, not from seed and i want the seebabat variety because it has the biggest and best fruits.

So strange that they are not in Thailand don't you think?

@Davis Knowlton do they really taste as nice or even better then lychee?

^I like both, and find the taste similar, although a bit sweeter. I've never asked about them at a plant place here, but will ask my wife to check next time she goes.

Originally Posted by Namdocmai

So strange that they are not in Thailand don't you think?

No. If you read the link I provided it tells you that Thais see them as weeds.

My mother-in-law vaguely knew and said people considered them a weed.

Hence why you don't see them here, I assume.

Originally Posted by Namdocmai

I want a grafted plant, not from seed

Propagation is by seed only, from my reading.

Originally Posted by superman

Originally Posted by Namdocmai

So strange that they are not in Thailand don't you think?

No. If you read the link I provided it tells you that Thais see them as weeds.

My mother-in-law vaguely knew and said people considered them a weed.

Hence why you don't see them here, I assume.

I don't think they're a cultivated/farmed crop here either. Pretty much grow wild.

According to my reading they don't like growing in areas below 1,000 ft above sea level. So BKK's out for sure.

Sure they can be grafted and also can grow in BKK. Some other websites tell that it can be grown at sealevel.

I also read on this website that pomgranates cannot be grafted, they sure can!

Don't believe everything that the thais say. There must be a reason why they don't grow the pulasan but that can also be a religious reason or whatever reason.

Why are there no nice dragonfruits in Thailand on the markets? Those white ones are not the best tasting ones. And there are many more fruits that can be grown here but they just don't do it.

Lychee and mango are my favorit fruits, i have plenty mango's but lychee is not possible here so i want pulasan and if that does not work maybe a good rambutan but i first have to try it myself.

'Dragonfruit' are plentiful here.

Originally Posted by Namdocmai

Why are there no nice dragonfruits in Thailand on the markets

Getting back to 'Pulasan' here is a quote.

Harry H. Boyle says of the pulasan in Siam: "All the trees are propagated by marcot-tage (air-layering), budding and grafting being unknown arts in Siam.

Read more: The Pulasan (Fig. 43) (Nephelium Mutabile, Bl.)

I will show some links but need to have 5 posts/

Pulasan | MMM's "Everything is Possible"

The book you refer to is from 1920, then they also thought we could never go to the moon.

Sure pulasan can be grafted, you graft a branch from a mature tree on top of a seedling and that is what i am looking for to grow.

Nephelium ramboutan-ake

Hua Hng Trading Co Pte Ltd

I found this shop in singapore who can sell a grafted tree to me for 18 sg$

I guess i have to go there when i need a new visa. Strange that nobody here knows the pulasan while they grow all over Malaysia, Singapore, Phillipines and also Indonesia, Hawaii etc.

I will try it.

have you found your pulasan already? i'm also looking for grafts, besides cempedak and malaysian durian grafts

Originally Posted by homesolutions

have you found your pulasan already? i'm also looking for grafts, besides cempedak and malaysian durian grafts

Not yet but if i buy grafted tree's they will be so small that they fit in my backpack. I can't cut scions of them the first years i think.

They must be for sale somewhere in Phuket, why wikipedia tells the Thai name ngoh konsan as shorthaired rambutan which is a pulasan.

If i can buy them in Thailand that would be much easyier i guess.

Originally Posted by Namdocmai

Originally Posted by homesolutions

have you found your pulasan already? i'm also looking for grafts, besides cempedak and malaysian durian grafts

Not yet but if i buy grafted tree's they will be so small that they fit in my backpack. I can't cut scions of them the first years i think.

They must be for sale somewhere in Phuket, why wikipedia tells the Thai name ngoh konsan as shorthaired rambutan which is a pulasan.

If i can buy them in Thailand that would be much easyier i guess.

there is plantation in selangor, KL which sells grafted pulasan

Namdocmai have you found pulasan tree yet?. i like the fruit and i want to grow some too. matt.

Originally Posted by rubberdiesel

Namdocmai have you found pulasan tree yet?. i like the fruit and i want to grow some too. matt.

No not yet, they don't exist in BKK. I m still looking for one and know they sell them in Singapore.

Actually i don't have space to grow it but in a big pot it should also be possible to grow them.