Comments on: Houston Finds: Seema Chintakaaya (Camachile Fruits)

By: Ravi

Ravi — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:26:28 +0000

Wow, its one of my fav. fruit back in my childhood days… my grandfathers house’s backyard had this tree… we used to climb and get them…I had a childhood memory forever with the rashes of thorns on this tree….we used to call them “seema chintakayalu”….It took some time for me to find in a google… Thanks a lot for sharing and providing the info… next visit to Houston, I will visit the store and have it for sure…

By: geetha

geetha — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:15:26 +0000

I wsa so excited reading this post.. it is my all time favorite..we had some 10 trees in our quarters in mettur, tamilnadu and the fruit from 1 each one tasted different.. we call in “Kona puliyanga” or “Senni puliyanga” or “Kodukkaapuli”.. your blog is awesome..love it:)

By: Giri

Giri — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:21:06 +0000

I know it (in Tamil) as “kona puliyangaai”. Am now hoping to find seeds so I can grow them inn my garden next year

By: Shilpa

Shilpa — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:36:39 +0000

Thanks for posting this Indira…it sure brought back lot of childhood memories….this tree was on our way to school & all kids would try to climb on the tree..or throw stones to get to those fruits…I have forgotten the name in Kannada..does anyone knw?

By: Santhiya

Santhiya — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:45:09 +0000

Its amazing that you found them in the farmer’s market. Its called in tamil as “Seeni Puliyankai” [may be].

By: N S

N S — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:37:26 +0000

Your post reminds me my childhood. I had them in my last India trip. You are lucky to get them here.

By: Smrithi

Smrithi — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:33:08 +0000

Tamil name -’Koduka Puli’

By: Cumin Coriander

Cumin Coriander — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:25:33 +0000

What is it called in Tamil?

By: Vani

Vani — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:54:44 +0000

WOW! Thanks for the post….these are my favorite still…had them last time when I was in India…from the very tree I used to pick from 15 – 20 years ago!!

By: cs

cs — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:08:21 +0000

You are lucky to find them in Houston. Hope I can find some in my local produce some time where i live in east coast! We used to eat them when we used to visit my grandparents in Chittoor dist!