There's a little supermarket in Sense Market in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam where you can get some groceries. I suppose that's the place where I first came across a really big ciku or what's known as sapodilla, a brown fruit originally from southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. The fruit grows well in the tropics and I remember one which grew into such a big tree beside the coffee shop in my hometown a long time ago. I remember the tree bore plenty of small, hard cikus but I don't remember seeing any flowers on it. And no wonder - I just read that though the bell-shaped flower has six-lobed corolla, it's white and inconspicuous. Will look out for the flowers the next time the opportunity arises!
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