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[miltiades]

Athens is not exactly challenging to growing our "native" trees, still, there is a pomegranate tree and a lemon tree in the front of the house. The lemon is prolific, the pomegranate is unpredictable.

The dark fruit that you are referring to Miltiades, could it be guave? Known as guava, or gauava in Cyprus?

And medlars are definitely not loquats (mespila), they are a different fruit altogether and rather iffy because they got to be really ripe to eat. Really ripe means almost rotting.

Nikitas this fruit is the size of a mespilo and the shape of a plum . Guava doesn't ring a bell . Its not a fruit that is very common but I recall one only in Limassol in a garden of a house behind Platia Iroon .
I will find out , maybe my older brother can remember.

[denizaksulu]

Athens is not exactly challenging to growing our "native" trees, still, there is a pomegranate tree and a lemon tree in the front of the house. The lemon is prolific, the pomegranate is unpredictable.

The dark fruit that you are referring to Miltiades, could it be guave? Known as guava, or gauava in Cyprus?

And medlars are definitely not loquats (mespila), they are a different fruit altogether and rather iffy because they got to be really ripe to eat. Really ripe means almost rotting.

Nikitas this fruit is the size of a mespilo and the shape of a plum . Guava doesn't ring a bell . Its not a fruit that is very common but I recall one only in Limassol in a garden of a house behind Platia Iroon .
I will find out , maybe my older brother can remember.

Is it a brownish colour with 'hair' (like an apricot? Sour tasting?

[denizaksulu]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus_germanica

[denizaksulu]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus_germanica


Apparently related to loquat.

[miltiades]

Athens is not exactly challenging to growing our "native" trees, still, there is a pomegranate tree and a lemon tree in the front of the house. The lemon is prolific, the pomegranate is unpredictable.

The dark fruit that you are referring to Miltiades, could it be guave? Known as guava, or gauava in Cyprus?

And medlars are definitely not loquats (mespila), they are a different fruit altogether and rather iffy because they got to be really ripe to eat. Really ripe means almost rotting.

Nikitas this fruit is the size of a mespilo and the shape of a plum . Guava doesn't ring a bell . Its not a fruit that is very common but I recall one only in Limassol in a garden of a house behind Platia Iroon .
I will find out , maybe my older brother can remember.

Is it a brownish colour with 'hair' (like an apricot? Sour tasting?

YES , a taste that lingers on and seems to stick on your gums and teeth , whats the Turkish word for it Deniz , it might be the same .

[miltiades]

GOUVAJIA , maybe Nikitas is right , this name keeps coming to mind .

[denizaksulu]

Athens is not exactly challenging to growing our "native" trees, still, there is a pomegranate tree and a lemon tree in the front of the house. The lemon is prolific, the pomegranate is unpredictable.

The dark fruit that you are referring to Miltiades, could it be guave? Known as guava, or gauava in Cyprus?

And medlars are definitely not loquats (mespila), they are a different fruit altogether and rather iffy because they got to be really ripe to eat. Really ripe means almost rotting.

Nikitas this fruit is the size of a mespilo and the shape of a plum . Guava doesn't ring a bell . Its not a fruit that is very common but I recall one only in Limassol in a garden of a house behind Platia Iroon .
I will find out , maybe my older brother can remember.

Is it a brownish colour with 'hair' (like an apricot? Sour tasting?

YES , a taste that lingers on and seems to stick on your gums and teeth , whats the Turkish word for it Deniz , it might be the same .

I forgot to tell you. In Gibrislija we called it Moushmoula/Muşmula It could have derıved from Mespılaç

[miltiades]

Athens is not exactly challenging to growing our "native" trees, still, there is a pomegranate tree and a lemon tree in the front of the house. The lemon is prolific, the pomegranate is unpredictable.

The dark fruit that you are referring to Miltiades, could it be guave? Known as guava, or gauava in Cyprus?

And medlars are definitely not loquats (mespila), they are a different fruit altogether and rather iffy because they got to be really ripe to eat. Really ripe means almost rotting.

Nikitas this fruit is the size of a mespilo and the shape of a plum . Guava doesn't ring a bell . Its not a fruit that is very common but I recall one only in Limassol in a garden of a house behind Platia Iroon .
I will find out , maybe my older brother can remember.

Is it a brownish colour with 'hair' (like an apricot? Sour tasting?

YES , a taste that lingers on and seems to stick on your gums and teeth , whats the Turkish word for it Deniz , it might be the same .

I forgot to tell you. In Gibrislija we called it Moushmoula/Muşmula It could have derıved from Mespılaç

Forgot about Mousmoula !! Thats not however the one I was searching for. Mousmoula are much smaller and a yellow colour , maybe it will come to me soon.

[Get Real!]

...I think are called Majooles in the old language.

Majiles

The other tree from the old country is a Medlar (mespillia).

A Locus tree... (yum!)

[denizaksulu]

Athens is not exactly challenging to growing our "native" trees, still, there is a pomegranate tree and a lemon tree in the front of the house. The lemon is prolific, the pomegranate is unpredictable.

The dark fruit that you are referring to Miltiades, could it be guave? Known as guava, or gauava in Cyprus?

And medlars are definitely not loquats (mespila), they are a different fruit altogether and rather iffy because they got to be really ripe to eat. Really ripe means almost rotting.

Nikitas this fruit is the size of a mespilo and the shape of a plum . Guava doesn't ring a bell . Its not a fruit that is very common but I recall one only in Limassol in a garden of a house behind Platia Iroon .
I will find out , maybe my older brother can remember.

Is it a brownish colour with 'hair' (like an apricot? Sour tasting?

YES , a taste that lingers on and seems to stick on your gums and teeth , whats the Turkish word for it Deniz , it might be the same .

I forgot to tell you. In Gibrislija we called it Moushmoula/Muşmula It could have derıved from Mespılaç

Forgot about Mousmoula !! Thats not however the one I was searching for. Mousmoula are much smaller and a yellow colour , maybe it will come to me soon.

The only other trees/bushes I can think of are Alich and Gonnara/Gondara?

Alich is a large tree, but its ripe fruit is yellow. Makes a lovely jam though.

Gonnara/Gondara is a very thorny bush. Loads of it near our village and the Salamis area near the sea. My book of Cypriot plants is at work. I will check out the Greek names tomorrow.