The Birth of Planet Rambutan Metal Print

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This is an artists rendition of the strange looking tropical fruit, Rambutan. Rambutan (scientifically termed as Nephelium Lappaceumis) is a fruit that definitely features in the list of Most Exotic Fruits of Our Planet.

Not a lot of people know about this strange looking hairy fruit. However, some experts call it super fruit because of the many benefits its ingestion has. This fruit is related to the lychee. It is vermillion red on the outside while its inside is a translucent white, it is oval in shape and is generally one or two inches in length.

This fruit is said to be native to Malaysia and Indonesia, but it's found all over Southeastern Asia and here in Hawaii. The fruit has a thin, leather like skin layer with multiple tube-like structures sticking out of it like a creature from outer space. This is what happens when you let your imagination go wild!

To find out more about the rambutan, log on to my food blog at http://www.tastinghawaii.com

I've lived in Hawaii since 2002, 1200 feet above sea level, on the small rural island of Moloka'i. It is very quiet here, with only about 7,400 residents. I appreciate the quiet life after spending 35 years as a commercial illustrator, senior art director and design director for major advertising agencies and design studios in Chicago, San Francisco and Palo Alto California. I've always loved cooking. In 2002 that love led me to a degree in the Culinary Arts just before moving to Hawaii. Since then I designed and built a house, worked in local restaurants, self-published three cookbooks, and took up photography as a hobby. Now retired, I spend most of my time developing recipes and photographing them, plus researching and writing...