Description
Fruit is globose or slightly pear shaped with diameter of 7 to 10 cm. It has thick and hard rind which does not split on ripening. Shell is woody, smooth, gray green which turns yellow on ripening. Pulp is orange, aromatic with flattened to oblong seeds measuring 1 cm long which bears woolly hairs. The fruit requires 11 months to ripen on tree. As the shell is so hard, it should be cracked with machete or hammer.