Sour Apple

About

Common Names

Sour Apple / Ahai Aim

(Waejir)

Classification

Tree

Description

Like its pink counterpart this fruit is small and distinct in flavour. The fruit is useful as a carminative, beyond its antiscorbutic and culinary uses.

Ecology

Rarity

Common

Distribution

Life Cycle

Related Species

Frost Apple

Pink Sour Apple

Snow Apple

Spice Apple

Summer Apple

Sweet Green Apple

Weeping Apple

Uses

Cultivation

Culinary

• fruit - Sour apples are popular in tarts and pies, or added whole to stuffings paired with poultry.

Medicinal

• Antiscorbutic - Sour apple is useful in the treatment and prevention of scurvy.
• Carminative - Sour apple can help with excessive gas production.

Other

History

Cultural

Religious