I am sure most of you know this fruit:

Those are seaside grapes. That tree was very popular in gy in the 60s.

I had almost forgetten it until I saw it in the Bahamas 2 years ago. It's a very shady tree, they should plant it at #63 beach.

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Originally posted by kwaku:
Those are seaside grapes. That tree was very popular in gy in the 60s.

I had almost forgetten it until I saw it in the Bahamas 2 years ago. It's a very shady tree, they should plant it at #63 beach.

Kwaku - yep, the sesaide grapes. Our neighbor in Guyana had a try in her backyard. The grapes are edible.

I am baffled about the fruit in the first picture.

Walking down Main Street, trees like this one lined both sides...



Don't know the name of the tree.

I think that red flower tree is a cock fight tree.

I asked one of the guys here from Bahamas...he rass ain't know stuppss...

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Originally posted by Cher:
I asked one of the guys here from Bahamas...he rass ain't know stuppss...

I did ask a few and they did not know too.

The first day we got in I had to ask a drunk how to get to the other side of the street. He walked in the middle of the road and was flailing his hands.

When we got back to the hotel, hubby showed me this sign at the entrance of the drive-way:

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Originally posted by bird:
I think that red flower tree is a cock fight tree.

I think you might be right, birdie.

It is commonly known as the FLAMBOYANT TREE.....don't know the correct botanical name.....it blooms in the months of May,June and July causing some to refer to it as the May flower tree.....my grandparents had both the red and yellow species in their yard on the Corentyne.....

We does call it Cock fite tree dats we real botanical name.

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Originally posted by IGH:
Found this weird fruit in Bahamas. I asked a few Bahamian about it they don't know the name.
One Bahamian told me most of thier trees are imported

Tree & fruit

The bottom picture.... During my young days, my grandfather has a tree like this one. He called the fruit "etota". When it was green it was used as "plantains". when it was ripe it was used as "bananas". It's a plantain-banana hybrid. However, the tree looked like a plantain tree. The leaves of this one in the photo do not look like plantain or banana leaves.

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Originally posted by bird:
I think that red flower tree is a cock fight tree.

I believe the "cock-fight tree" is known as the sand-koker tree. The one in this picture is the flambouyant tree. It is found all over Guyana.

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Originally posted by Daren David:

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Originally posted by bird:
I think that red flower tree is a cock fight tree.

I believe the "cock-fight tree" is known as the sand-koker tree. The one in this picture is the flambouyant tree. It is found all over Guyana.

Thanks Daren... as I was walking to work this morning I recalled the excat name you mention of the tree - FLAMBOUYANT.

Yes, that tree is all over the coast of gy. Look very pretty on certain streets and in some private yards.

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Originally posted by IGH:

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Originally posted by Daren David:

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Originally posted by bird:
I think that red flower tree is a cock fight tree.

I believe the "cock-fight tree" is known as the sand-koker tree. The one in this picture is the flambouyant tree. It is found all over Guyana.

Thanks Daren... as I was walking to work this morning I recalled the excat name you mention of the tree - FLAMBOUYANT.

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Originally posted by Bookman:

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Originally posted by IGH:

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Originally posted by Daren David:

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Originally posted by bird:
I think that red flower tree is a cock fight tree.

I believe the "cock-fight tree" is known as the sand-koker tree. The one in this picture is the flambouyant tree. It is found all over Guyana.

Thanks Daren... as I was walking to work this morning I recalled the excat name you mention of the tree - FLAMBOUYANT.

Bookman, Hubby & I took a horse-carriage ride through the city... our escort told us the various names the tree is called in different countries.