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Litsea garciae or Engkalak is a mid-sized fruit tree found Borneo (there are reports that it's found in West Malaysia too). The seasonal fruits have a rich and creamy taste (think Avocado). It's sometimes referred to as Butter fruit. Like Avocado, it's an acquired taste!
We have three large trees and two are bearing lots of fruit. Birds visit the trees everyday to feast on the ripening fruits, then crap all over my large Coelogyne leaves! I won't be surprised if fruit bats feast on them at night too.
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Mangosteen, Garcinia mangostana is another popular seasonal fruit.
It's one of my favorite local fruits after langsat (Lansium domesticum) (not in season sadly).
The fruits above are not really ripe but are old enough to be harvested and left to ripen at home. The ripe fruits are black or dark purple in color.
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Rambutan, Nephelium lappaceum is another highly popular fruit and usually comes into season the same time as durian.
Several varieties are planted and each kind differs slightly in fruit shape, taste, texture and coloration.
There's also canned rambutan in heavy syrup and usually stuffed with pineapple.
Unripe rambutan.
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