Monthly Photos Aug 2023 : Longkong

Longkong is a fruit abundantly grown in the southern part of Thailand. It is borne in clusters like grapes, and its berries, large one measures 4-5 centimeters in size, are sour-sweet and filling. It is pretty hard to harvest fruit at a high place in a tall tree. The fruits are bruised when they fall to the ground, so harvesters climb a tree, gather them, put them into the bucket, and take them down to someone waiting under the tree.

August, 2018
Trang, province, Thailand
Photograph by Ryoko NISHII