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Continue from my   previous article about edible plants , this post is specially made for plants from the wild which grow naturally and people go to collect their products for daily consumptions. Barringtonia ​(Cocky apple, Kra doon, Slow Match Tree, Wild Guava)​​, picked up fresh from the wild (LG. Sophia_20) Wild spider flower, Spider Flower   Peacock's mushroom Cardamom Tree from Cardamom Mountain for stir fry! Teuk Kreung (Asian Mackerel Vegetable Dip Sauce) - besides Cambodian noodle, this dish also needs lot of side vegetables to go with. The guy just got off the Wild Guava tree for picking up the leaves for his evening meal The guy went up to the tree to pick its young leaves Sadly, my phone cannot take clear photo of the tree The fruit of Edible willugbeia (Willughbeia edulis) in its season between May - sold on the street in Siem Reap Pumpkin leaves boiled to go with other dish including Teuk Kreung (Asian Mackerel Vegetable Dip Sauce) Another dish to go with side veg...

Flowers The super hot season of May, the season of fruits and flowers.  If you travel anywhere in Cambodia, you would see two common flowers blossom along the road this time. It is not like Tulip or Lupin but it adds beauty to the road. I love to go around and especially stroll along the road for such beautiful trees. 1.  Queen's Flower Tree​ - purple flowers ឥន្ទនេល 2. Peacock flowers - red flowers ក្ងោកបារាំង ឬត្រសេក Peacock flowers Queen's Flower Tree Fruits Talking about fruits, it is the best time you eat fresh from the farms and plantations. This time of the year, you will see fruits stall almost everywhere!  I would like to show you some of the fruits we have these days. They are sweet and have got good aroma. Mango Litchie Pineapple Papaya Avocado Phniev By the way, durian is just coming but not much yet and thus more expensive. May would be its season! Durian or King of fruit What I can say is that this is time of the year in Cambodia where you see durian stall o...