What Is The Name Of This Fruit?
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page 0 · 30 posts · 23 participants
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This is a viral nostalgia thread where users identify a specific fruit known colloquially as 'Fruit' or 'Tropical Almond' (Terminalia catappa). The discussion focuses entirely on shared childhood memories, the fruit's local names versus its botanical classification, and regional anecdotes rather than any agricultural production, market, or technical farming issues.
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“I think say na every two two years nairaland dey bring up this same question abt this fruit?' abi dey don change am to six six months?”
Unclassified: The thread is a cultural memory exercise rather than an agricultural discussion, leading to empty theme and pain point lists despite the presence of agricultural commodities.
page 1 · 32 posts · 27 participants
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This thread is a classic example of Nairaland's 'off_topic' category where users debate the local name for a specific fruit (Tropical Almond/Ebelebo) rather than discussing agriculture. The conversation revolves around linguistic differences between Nigerian dialects (Igbo, Delta, Urobo) and English, with no mention of farming problems, trade, or production.
“That one is a different almond. Their own is Almond. Our own is tropical Almond.”
“The name na fruit lol. That's what we knew as kids.”
“But urobo call it: ebelebor”
Unclassified: Discussion about the local name of a fruit (Tropical Almond) and generational knowledge gaps.
page 2 · 32 posts · 29 participants
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This thread is a casual discussion about the name of a specific fruit (Tropical Almond/Ebelebor) rather than an agricultural production or market thread. Users share local names, childhood memories of eating the fruit, and school anecdotes, with no evidence of farming problems, trade, or coordination.
“This fruit ehhnn, juicy outside, chewy center and a sweet nut inside, the tree also gives good shade...why don't ppl plant it like bfor?”
“Funny enough, as kids we used to call it "fruit",”
“At the sound of the bell, na speed of light we take dey reach the tree..there are different specie of almond..”
Unclassified: User speculation on local names (Ebelebor, Mmansang Mbakara) and childhood memories of the fruit.
page 3 · 32 posts · 31 participants
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This page is a nostalgic discussion about the botanical name and local variations of a specific fruit (Terminalia catapa), known as 'Almond', 'Ebelebo', or 'Fruit' depending on the region. The conversation focuses on childhood memories of harvesting the fruit, regional naming differences, and botanical clarification, with no agricultural production, market, or trade content.
“Indian Almond.... With the botanical name Terminalia catapa”
“It's called ebelebo in delta”
“Somebody once told us the tree of this fruit we have in our compound. He said if the root gets to the foundation of the main building the head of the family will die.”
“Back in the day, after eating the succulent part of the fruit, we'd still munch on the hard inner shell, las las na stone we go use Scatter the shell to remove the very soft and sweet NUT.”
“we dey call am ebelebo for Warri side. The best ebelebo can be found in Holy Matrys of Uganda seminary along Okorodudu/Enerhen road, Effurun”
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page 4 · 32 posts · 31 participants
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This page is a casual discussion thread where users identify a specific fruit (Ebelebo/Indian Almond) and share nostalgic memories of eating it. The conversation includes botanical clarifications, local names, and personal anecdotes about consumption habits, with no agricultural production, market, or coordination content.
“From technical college road, we dey always pick this fruit anything scarcity of water carry us go uniben. Even the dried ones we dey break am collect the groundnut inside take drink garri, back in the late 80s and early 90s. God bless Ebelebo”
“See their own vs our own. Their own is called Prunus amygdalus. Our own is called Terminalia catappa.”
“I don know,but I used to eat it those days,then break it and eat the seed(the most important part for me)”
page 5 · 18 posts · 15 participants
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This thread is primarily a casual discussion about identifying a specific fruit (Almond/Ebelebor) with users sharing names and asking about local market usage. The page contains a single promotional post from a feed supplier and a brief unrelated cultural exchange, lacking any substantive agricultural trade, problem-solving, or coordination.
“It's called Ebelebor fruit....”
“Actually, I don't know. I'm sorry, I don't live in Nigeria.”
Unclassified: A promotional post by FarmThrive LTD offering poultry and fish feed supplies, and a cultural exchange in Efik language regarding identity.