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JULY 15, 2020
It turned out to be Jacaratia mexicana , which the natives call Bonete (a reference to the four-cornered “bonnet” used by ecclesiastics), or Papaya de Monte (Mountain Papaya). As I learned this week, locals cook the unripe fruit into meat dishes, and eat the ripe fruit raw… as do birds!
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