Nigerians
are so creative that rather than find out the English names of certain
fruits, they have either stuck with the traditional name or invented a
new name for said fruit. Here are common examples:
1. Tropical Almonds The
tropical almond can be found in many parts of Southern Nigeria. But
Nigerians definitely don’t bother calling it tropical almond. This
delicious fruit is referred to as “fruit”.
2. Tiger Nuts The
name “Tiger nut” is yet to stick to this sweet root from Northern
Nigeria. Tiger nut is called its traditional name in various parts of
the country; Ofio in the Southwest, Aki Hausa in the Southeast and Aya
in the North.
3. Black Velvet Tamarind To
undertake a fruitless (in both senses) market search, you only have to
keep asking for “black velvet tamarind”. If you’re interested in
enjoying the sweet-tart goodness of this fruit, please forget your
“shakara” and call it “lickie lickie” like everyone else.
4. African Star Apple Try
searching for African star apple on Google and watch the search engine
struggle to come up with results. But search for “Agbalumo” and watch
Google turn to superstar with numerous results. This is because
Nigerians only know this fruit as Agbalumo or Udara (in the Southern
parts) not as the African Star Apple.
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