While on the way home from Kuala Lumpur using the North South Expressway, once my niece and I stopped at a rest stop to buy some fruits. There were the usual local and imported fruits; sapodilla, mangoes, rose apples, apples, oranges etc but a yellow round fruit with a thick leathery skin caught my attention. It was the abiu fruit. Abiu, scientifically known as Pouteria caimito grows in the Amazonian region of South America. I suppose it's not naturally found here but the similar weather permits it to be cultivated. In the late 80s, abiu was introduced in Perak in areas around Tapah-Cameroon Highland road but I suppose it didn't catch on. The white creamy flesh is sweet but not exceptionally tasty and when cut, you may be annoyed with the sticky sap that the skin produces.
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