Some old friends called and we made a trip back to the old school where we used to spend our adolescence. On the way back, we made a stop at the old house where one of my friends used to stay. The house, now dilapidated, had new tenants. In the garden, there was a thorny bush bearing many green and a few red round fruits. It was the makhota dewa, translated literally as the deity's crown, Phaleria macrocarpa God's crown; an evergreen tree, indigenous to Indonesia. The seed of the red fruit is supposed to be poisonous but the flesh, after being sliced and dried under the shade could be made into tea. Just add two to three slices in 300 ml hot water and drink thrice daily. It is supposed to be good for health. No more, no less!
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