2-1-2014
What’s for lunch? White rice, curried bodi, stewed chicken,
geera anchar mango, boiled plantain, sliced tomatoes, lettuce, and a glass of
barbadine to wash it down. Good eating,
island life.
Bodi also known as Bora, is
a pencil thin bean that resembles a green bean although not as crisp, and grows
up to about 3 feet long. Its usually
harvested at 18 inches or less. Bodi is
an annual climbing plant with white, yellow or pale purple flowers. Bodi belongs to the same family as the black
eyed pea and pigeon pea.
Barbadine, the Giant
Granadilla, Giant Tumbo or Badea, Passiflora quadrangularis, produces the
largest fruit of any species within the genus Passiflora. It is a perennial native to the Neotropics,
having smooth, cordate, ovate, or acuminate leaves; petioles bearing from 4 to
6 glands; an emetic and narcotic root, scented flowers, and a large oblong
fruit, containing numerous seeds, embedded in a subacid edible pulp. A tea is made from the leaves, which is used
for high blood pressure and diabetes. A
drink and ice-cream are made from the fruit.
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