granadillo

I got a large wooden bowl made of an exotic wood by an artist from Maruata, and I missed getting another large wood carving in granadillo by another artist from Cachan de Echeverria.

Trip report: Morelia, Michoacan 1999

I got a large wooden bowl made of an exotic wood by an artist from Maruata, and I missed getting another large wood carving in granadillo by another artist from Cachan de Echeverria.

Trip report: Morelia, Michoacan 1999

Among the other woods used are granadillo, mahogany, maple and walnut.

Trip report: Morelia, Michoacan 1999

Among the other woods used are granadillo, mahogany, maple and walnut.

Trip report: Morelia, Michoacan 1999

Then our tarts are made of pine-apples, and pine-apples make the best tarts that I ever tasted; there is no end to the variety of fruits, of which the shaddock is "in itself a host;" but the most singular and exquisite flavor, perhaps, is to be found in the granadillo, a fruit which grows upon a species of vine, and, in fact, appears to be a kind of cucumber.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845

Species that can be found include Picrodendron macrocarpum (yana), Maytenus buxifolia (carne de doncella), Belairia spinosa (yamaguey), Brya ebenus (granadillo) and Diospyrus grisebachii (ébano).

Cuban cactus scrub 2008