The big Duhat tree
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
June 11, 2020 12:20am CST
Duhat is a small black fruit that is native in our country. It is nice to eat as dessert especially when sprinkled with salt. The tree in the picture is currently fruiting but the owner is not picking the fruits, they just fall on the ground that in the afternoon, the ground is littered with the black fruit. What a waste of food.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
11 Jun 20
it's called Jamun in India Dark black coloured berries which are sweet and juicy to taste.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jun 20
Yes, that is the Jamun tree in my picture.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jun 20
@jayanth_77 you are right that the owner has no full rights on the tree. But ethics say that we have to ask permission from the house owner.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
11 Jun 20
@Alexandoy But the tree is outside the house compound on a public footpath. So anyone can pluck the fruits.
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@JaneLijie (156)
• China
11 Jun 20
Wow... That's really a big tree. I never heard the fruit named duhat. Seems we don't have this fruit in our country.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jun 20
It is a rare fruit now because the orchards are vanishing
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@JaneLijie (156)
• China
11 Jun 20
@Alexandoy Then that's such a pity to waste these fruits.
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@crossbones27 (49433)
• Mojave, California
11 Jun 20
Its what happens when you make it corporate, should have been a Duhat store, then those tasty desserts would not be on the floor. Do you hear me now? Inside joke. 
Good share buddy.
Good share buddy.2 people like this
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jun 20
I'm really sad to see the wasted fruits. But the tree is so big that it is not easy to climb.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
11 Jun 20
What a magnificent looking tree. It is on a public footpath so anyone could help themselves. Perhaps the people in the house are too frail to pick the fruit themselves. Shame to let it go to waste. I have never heard of this fruit and seeing the photo below it looks like black grapes.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jun 20
Yes, I regret to see the fallen fruits on the ground when I pass by there.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 Jun 20
how about placing a very big net just under the canopy of the tree so you can collect the fruits? is that tree yours?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
13 Jun 20
That tree is not mine, it is in the main road of our village. There is another big tree that is about 30 meters away.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
13 Jun 20
@ridingbet we have a balete tree in front of our house. There are also some big acacia trees in our village.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 Jun 20
@Alexandoy hmm, at least, these are not balete or acacia trees. these might be the ''homes of the unseen elementals''.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jun 20
That big tree is also a house cover from the sun.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jun 20
Oh, yes, the owner would allow me. But picking the fruits is hard work.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Jun 20
It is an old tree like 50 years old already.
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