# So what IS this fruit? Looks like ass dressed as strawberry **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980 "2011-11-24T16:44:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/1 "2011-11-24T16:44:11Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/3618/3447802469_418efa2a5d_b.jpg "Weird Strawberry-Butt Fruit") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/captmouffette/3447802469/) Any ideas? I believe Krabi Town is in Thailand. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/2 "2011-11-24T16:52:47Z")
Pretty sure the answer is in the comments - they’re Lychees. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/3 "2011-11-24T16:57:18Z")
Thanks, I missed that last comment somehow. Though googling “lychee” images, the pics don’t show the “ass” construct. Maybe the one in question was a mutant or an unusual variety? ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/4 "2011-11-24T17:12:24Z")
Some people have accused the [peach](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.theus50.com/images/state-quarters/georgia-quarter.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.theus50.com/georgia/quarter.php&h=320&w=320&sz=31&tbnid=-xVBwJosnzy-xM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgeorgia%2Bstate%2Bquarter%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=georgia+state+quarter&docid=6NPd3zcdVHVXZM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wnnOTqGDBInosQLwlKi_Dg&ved=0CEcQ9QEwAQ) of looking like an ass with a stick coming out of it. The skin of that looks like litchi, but litchis are usually white inside and not … lobed. I’m not sure what that is. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/5 "2011-11-24T17:20:57Z")
Ah, got it. It’s [sala](http://www.knowphuket.com/photo-viewer.htm?Photos/fruit_full_sala.jpg). That picture makes it look round instead of oblong. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/6 "2011-11-24T17:29:58Z")
Lychee isn’t all that great. ETA: [Salacca - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salacca) ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/7 "2011-11-25T01:12:37Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Some people have accused the peach of looking like an ass with a stick coming out of it. For reference, the [Gaffney, SC](http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/water-peach2.jpg) water tower in the form of a peach. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/8 "2011-11-25T02:02:35Z")
Great tasting fruit. Crunchy, sweet. Had them in Indonesia. They are actually a fruit from a palm tree with absolutely vicious thorns. Harvesting the fruit is a real nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/9 "2011-11-25T02:19:11Z")
[Salak](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salak), aka “snakeskin fruit”. The Balinese variety is one of my favorite fruits in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/10 "2011-11-28T02:15:27Z")
Cool - thanks! And yeah - used to live in Charlotte, NC, where the Gaffney Peachoid was the subject of much mirth :D. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/11 "2011-11-28T02:33:49Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Great tasting fruit. Crunchy, sweet. Had them in Indonesia. They are actually a fruit from a palm tree with absolutely vicious thorns. Harvesting the fruit is a real nightmare. Whereas my absolute favourite [ass looking fruit](http://www.engineeredlifestyles.org/image-files/mangosteen.jpg) is… the mangosteen. Nectar of the gods. Something makes me think you may share my opinion? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-this-fruit-looks-like-ass-dressed-as-strawberry/603980/12 "2011-12-03T01:32:42Z")
Those are indeed _sala_ and not lychees. Don’t know if there’s an English word for _sala_; the wife can’t think of one either.