Buah Putri literally translates as Princess Fruit.... and there's nothing in the jungles of Papua that can make you feel more like a forest nymph!
The fruits grow the length of the vine and they have a beautiful wrapping of a fuzzy fluffy nest of fine green filaments with pretty pink tips.
The fruit transforms into a golden nugget when ripe, and tastes like passion fruit, and the flowers appear to be fit only for royalty.
...And even better yet, its filamentous fibres lather up... Apparently the locals here used to bathe with it... I saved some to try, and although it wasn't quite as liberating as I'd imagine it would be bathing in cool river waters in the middle of the forest with a backdrop of birdsong, it still left me feeling fresh!
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