Niyeray (phonetic spelling, again) comes in brown pods, but breaks open to an ecstatically yellow fruit:
This time of year I see little children walking to school with a long pod in their hand, picking out the fruit and sucking the chalky powder off the round brown seeds. It's a tasteless fruit in my opinion, but it's a very nutritious snack. With healthy snacks like this, it's no wonder Burkina Faso doesn't have an overweight population (except, I might add, for the people who like to eat Western food.)
Tropical trees are surprising too. I stand in awe of the way they stand so strong and green without rain for seven months.
...And then bear delicious mangoes!
Yes, it is mango season again, a wonderful time of the year. I've been very happily tasting many kinds of mango; the smooth yellow-fleshed, slightly sour papaya mango that comes in the extra-large size of three fists; the small (1-fist-sized) sweet, stringy, orange-fleshed one, and the one that's in between in size, color, sweetness, and texture. Yum.
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