Rare PASSIONFRUITS in Africa - Weird Fruit Explorer in The Seychelles & Ethiopia

[@XoroksComment]

The second one is not Passiflora incarnata (Maypop). You've already had Maypop in a previous episode. Maypop is mostly green and has white flesh when ripe, like a Granadilla. It could be Passiflora caerulea, which is from South America and a common ornamental species. Those have orange skin, red flesh and supposedly don't taste very good :)

[@WeirdExplorer]

Thanks for pointing that out. I'm pinning this comment for anyone else that catches this mistake.

[@skybirdmakes]

Yeah it looks small for incarnata, which are actually native to the US (and I'm growing some) probably the species corrected above, if it is white inside, it's unripe (could still be useful as a souring/lemony flavor)

[@pattheplanter]

@@WeirdExplorer I am thinking that the other with the purple fruit is Passiflora suberosa. It is present on 13 of the islands of the Seychelles. It can also be found in the south of the US, said to be native to Texas and Florida (as well as all of Central America and northern South America). Unfortunately it looks like it is a different section of Passiflora than the maypop so may not interbreed. If you could select a good-tasting one a truly purple passionfruit might sell.

[@sazji]

Xorok Yeah, they taste like absolutely nothing. Not sweet, not sour, nil! I have heard that there are some tasty (slightly tastier?) clones but I’ve never seen one. This is definitely not caerulea either.

[@neonhamster3977]

I actually saw a maypop while walking the dog and thought - hey I’ve seen that before! Not very interesting but glad to have tried it!

[@JustinY.]

Imagine being a hitchiker in Ethiopia and you see a guy start reviewing some berries pulled from a tree

[@jmbkpo]

I know this dude

[@toddlerwipes]

Hello sir. What have you been up to lately?

[@bdWongsWang]

Legend has it, that man is still trying to hitch a ride.

[@blushingbunny3074]

probably. nobody picks up hitchhikers

[@presidentiallsuite]

@@blushingbunny3074 now that's called ride share....🤭😂🤣

[@blushingbunny3074]

@@presidentiallsuite yeah now you pay to drive or ride with strangers

[@presidentiallsuite]

@@blushingbunny3074 paying a stranger makes it okay 🤭🤭😂🤣😂🤣

[@richardportman8912]

Now that was funny. Back to the show, as i try to translate eph arre iu ti.

[@scottishprincess91]

It was cool seeing Steven working to communicate with unwavering steadfastness! He's cool.

[@JEMHull-gf9el]

I love how confidently Steven answered when you asked if you could eat the skin and seeds of the first one on the side of the road

[@Kikilang60]

For a while, I liked hunting up mushrooms. Mushrooms hunting is kind of like magic, no pun meant. I kind of seen them before, but once you start looking, it seem the mushroom start looking for you. It was to hard to indentify them, because I was never sure, it was alway, should I, should I not eat it. My neighbor has a Boxelder tree in his front yard, and there was this big mushroom growing about 15 feet up. I actually had a ladder, and we got the mushroom. The mushroom looked like a Death Angel, but it was growing in a tree. It was me, and my friend looking at this big mushroom, thinining, "Yeah, I don't know what that is." An old guy across the street says, "Ah, man. Can I have it. Those things are great." He claimed he had eaten before, and they were great. We didn't want to give it to him, cus who want to accidently kill some one. The old guy sure, and seemed like he was going to just take the mushroom from us. We said he could have it, but we wanted to look it up first. Once in the house, The old guy's wife calls up, and said, "Don't give him the mushroom. He just talks out his ass. I've never seen him eat a mushroom in his life." I broke the mushroom into pieces, and flushed it. The old guy was mad, but who knows. I would rather be safe than sorry.

[@krisg7596]

Seychelle Sundays with Jared

[@themagnanimous1246]

Steven seems like a great guy. Would be a blast to travel with him

[@valentinventures]

Just discovered this one, amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@solomonwoldegabreal7937]

I am from Ethiopia and I know for a fact that people eat them in the Amhara and Tigray regions. Kids pick them and sell them in buckets on the streets. They pick them after they turn orange because they taste sweet.

[@WeirdExplorer]

I'm glad to hear it, thanks for sharing!

[@ErosMarques]

man i really liked your Channel when i subbed like one year Ago, but KZbin never send me any of your videos and I forgot your existence lol, Hope to start watching your vídeos again

[@arbeitmachtfries]

I’ve seen these grow in California behind people’s houses!

[@chrisguy210]

The ride in the taxi looked like it could be a scene from Lord of War... but for fruit...

[@sazji]

North America has two Passiflora species, incarnata (with almost papery fruits) and lutea, which has a little dark purple-black berry similar to the first one you showed here. Like incarnata it’s a perennial vine that dies back to the roots every winter. You can eat it but not really worth looking for that two or so berries you find on a vine at any given time.

[@Feroal2]

First one is a corky stem passion fruit (Passiflora suberosa)

[@sillybollox2244]

I don't think Passiflora incarnata (Maypop) has a red interior. A ripe P. caerulea is red inside, but bland. Edit: I didn't read the pinned post - sorry! 🙄

[@mohammadyaqoub5350]

I wish if I can travel with you guys.

[@presidentiallsuite]

The Guy in the Back is doing the Old Uber/Lyft🤭😂🤣

[@solomonwoldegabreal7937]

Food in general is expensive for locals in the capital so vendors tend to sell more of what’s in demand. And that usually means the staples.

[@joec8750]

how are you able to travel so much? so jealous

[@alann7263]

I found a very interesting passionfruit growing on a fence in downtown Cabo San Lucas. I can send you pictures if you like. But it was growing there wild and I recognized what it was so I looked for some fruit and sure enough it had quite a few small egg sized fruits. They were green turning to yellow and the inside were white. My family thought I was nuts for eating them but they tasted pretty good. Mildly sweet with a bit of tartness. I convinced my wife to try them and she like them too. You should try those ones.....

[@WeirdExplorer]

might be passiflora incarnata :)

[@alann7263]

@@WeirdExplorer In doing a little looking around, I think it's more likely that it was P. Foetida…. I couldn't see any blue flowers on the vine but there might have been some white ones and Foetida seems to have a wider range including Mexico.

[@andrewheather4970]

Weird Explorer when are you going to Kenya on your weird fruit explorer episodes

[@uncrediblehelk844]

Looks like a variety of Passiflora Maliformis, based on the leaf shape

[@PowerTom286]

interesting

[@mikecorry5149]

thats looks like the pasiflora caerulea, One of the most flavor leess passiflora out there, Passiflora Alata is by far the best ive tried, I dont thing you have done an eposode with that one, Large Red flowers, large /medio egg shaped fruit bright orange on inside taste like maracuya(passiflora eduis) but with out the acid that you normally get

[@challenger398]

that guy in the background was probably yelling "bIIIITCH!"

[@man-xy1cs]

I wonder if that 1st one is a passiflora suberosa

[@renac4849]

What about onions ? Did you find some there ?

[@Naveandlaen]

i love the way this guy bites into single berries

[@blefnefnef]

I can totally see why it would be humorous, but its actually a very practical thing to do for safety reasons when trying new things! I can't recommend nor advocate anyone do what I do & basically lick everything new/unknown to them, like some toddlers do lol; there are some great plant apps (plantnet is what I use most), & books out there, (samuel thayer is a good start), & PROPER IDENTIFICATION should always come FIRST, before you put anything new in your body, but that said, my opinion, to quote another adventurous eater, andrew zimmern, is that, "if it looks good, eat it, & if it tastes good, have seconds".. As someone who forages on an everyday basis, & has for years, I agree with the nibble test for the first time trying anything new; less to spit out if you dont like the taste & the less the better if you have an adverse reaction to a new food. Les Stroud, aka "survivorman", was where I first heard basically this same advice, which he stated should ONLY be used in a survival situation, in all fairness - but that said, being honest, I use it in everyday life: First I'll generally try to identify things; if I can identify it 100%, and it is edible & palatable, I'll usually try it. I'll give things a smell, & if they don't smell, a pinch, or scratch a fruit to bust open to the insides & smell that. Then a lick or a small nibble ensues IF it smells palatable or smells like nothing/doesnt smell super offensive or like poison, then I'll wait a while (several hours at least, or a full day, or 3) & make sure I'm not feeling any adverse effects. Then next time I'll bite enough to chew up a little, then wait a while (several hours at least, or a full day, or 3), & make sure im not feeling any adverse effects before trying a little more quantity, up until im confident what portions im eating wont hurt or kill me, & can be used as a meal or as part of a meal in said quantities. Jared is just being practical; if something is poison, your senses will TYPICALLY let you know, and by that I mean to say your body will TYPICALLY reject it; it wont be palatable, or wont taste like much of anything, or will make you feel funny in some way/shape/form, & youll want to spit it out/regurgitate it/ you will have upset tummy/ nausea/ diarrhea, etc. Evolution has given us a pretty good intuition as far as senses go, but such is not always the case, & sometimes your senses will fail you.. I can't reiterate strongly enough, PROPER IDENTIFICATION SHOULD ALWAYS COME FIRST & I DONT CONDONE OR RECOMMEND WHAT I DO PERSONALLY TO ANYONE.. Pokeberries, aka phytolacca, for instance; the ripe berries taste mildly sweet, & aren't offensive at all to any sense - but apparently as little as 10 berries, smaller than blueberries, can kill a grown man. A taste of some things is too much, and will kill you, but these are very few and far between; manchineel is one fruit I know better than to lick/chew, albeit supposedly sweet & palatable lol. Castor beans are another I know to keep far away from my body, as is water hemlock, or poison ivy berries, etc.. I'd definitely recommend learning the most poisonous plants in your area & learning what you're allergic/sensitive to & avoiding those plants to anyone trying to get into foraging. Jack in the pulpit, aka arisaema triphyllum, is something I found this year. I wasn't able to identify until after I tasted a fruit - & that was a mistake! I nibbled on a single fruit (about a cm long & wide) from a few clusters I found, and spat it out within seconds, because it tasted like nothing. Within 30 seconds to a minute after spitting it out, the tip of my tongue had a weird nerve pain type of sensation, was slightly burning, & felt slightly like pins and needles were being stabbed into it. I knew instantly at that point that whatever it was, was poison, & that I needed to rinse my mouth out and never put that in my body again, & was glad I only took a tiny nibble & spat it out! The positive was that nibbling it helped me identify the plant, because I knew it was poisonous after that instance lol. Try licking an unripe american persimmon & you'll be glad you only test licked it & didn't even take a nibble lol ;) ripe they're some of my favorite fruit ever, like a marmalade made of pumpkin and sweet potato straight off the tree, but unripe, and they are so so very astringent, & full of tannins, & they will make your mouth pucker & want to spit it out with even a test lick!

[@THEGROWITS]

i have similar species growing in North Carolina. yellow passion flower or something they are called here. similar taste..blandish

[@renac4849]

Steven : I really enjoy the videos with you in, but please speak slower and clearer, help no native english speakers enjoying Weird Explorer. Thanks both , from Argentina !

[@midnewt1468]

I sense the Anonidium Manii video coming soon

[@WeirdExplorer]

God I wish..

[@midnewt1468]

@@WeirdExplorer you gotta go to central Africa in the Democratic republic of congo (where you can also find bonos as well by the way) in the lowland rainforest is where you should find this fruit. The locals call it bobo so you should have some more luck finding it.

[@judefelixmagno9205]

Yazegenat!

[@loganjeffrey4136]

The blue berry one

[@TheGreatDrAsian]

Please don't change your intro music I love it so much it's my fuckin jammm bro

[@feralkevin]

Are you sure that passionfruit is edible? Certainly not P. incarnata. Might the bitterness be indicative of toxicity. Not maypop

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

I wonder how many food societies classified as 'poisonous' throughout history was really just someone who got food poisoning randomly and blamed the last thing they ate which happened to be a fruit and then it took the community many generations for anyone to be bold enough to take the chance with that fruit again.

[@viiiderekae]

My parents used to say its toxic. And would scold me if i picked it

[@nakrul987]

catadilla 1:24

[@jasonsummit1885]

Sounds like you guys could use laoshu with you, he speaks numerous different languages.😁

[@loganjeffrey4136]

I think the passion fruit you had was Passiflora lutea

[@thuggie1]

Passion fruit not my favourite but they nice, the small black one could be sold as food die

[@joec8750]

and you get to chill with a young John popper? What luck

[@LuigisonsDojo]

Looks like the maypop we had in Mississippi en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_incarnata

[@HansBjorgman]

You remind me of someone... but I don't know who.

[@odettestroebel3135]

You pronounce the L in granadilla. Not like Spanish where you pronounce it Y. Love those teeny fruits how cute.

[@WeirdExplorer]

thanks!

[@odettestroebel3135]

@@WeirdExplorer my pleasure 🤗

[@marksheppard4475]

Maracuya

[@danaam7967]

Passion friut is rare???? There are 4 niagbors with passion friut plant's

[@ncooty]

You guys could've passed yourselves off as witches, eating all of that poisonous fruit. :)

[@WeirdExplorer]

you finally figured it out :)

[@Jack-rs3ok]

Passion fruit seeds r not to be chewed i guess.unlike pomegranates,if passion fruit seeds r chewed they wld give an unpleasant taste.

[@asfawossenaleka1080]

You came all the way to Ethiopia and ate this variety 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️, there are purple ones so sweet that they taste like actual sugar And another thing, fruits and vegetables are sold separately in different markets in Ethiopia so you didn't do a lot of research

[@DeathMetalDerf]

Was being in Ethiopia as scary as it seems? I'd love o go anywhere in Africa, but it's hard to pick a place that doesn't seem scary to me or that I'd feel entirely out of place and rather unwelcome. And it's not like I haven't done any international travel or anything. I'm sorry if this seems like a stupid question.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Only visited addis ababa but from my experience: Get a guide. I didn't have one and was hassled constantly. So many touts approached me that I had to wear a hoodie in the baking sun just to hide my face. the touts were mostly friendly, but it was extremely annoying.

[@tanyawales5445]

In general, Ethiopians are very friendly people. It's hard to communicate if there is a language barrier.

[@passionfruiter3184]

Not incarnata

[@malik2433]

Really freaky, I just planted a passiflora today

[@WeirdExplorer]

I know. 🔮

[@blackplague5763]

This is the episode that made me stop watching

[@griffinc3263]

Why