Matoa Fruit

Picture of the tree

Matoa is origin fruit from Papua Indonesia. You can fine the fruit in several area like; Sulawesi island, Maluku island and Papua new guinea. The fruit have two types : "Matoa Kelapa" and "Matoa Papeda". Feature that distinguishes is found in fruit texture, characteristic by Matoa Kelapa is chewy like as Rambutan fruit. Matoa Papeda characterized by rather flabby flesh and sticky fruit.

The scientific classification of Matoa:

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order : Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Pometia
Species: P. Pinnata
Binomial name: Pometia Pinnata