Anyone know what hohob is?

[Yaraye]

My uncle recently brought this fruit/ berry back from his travels in somalia. My fam told me that its called hohob. Anyone know what kind of berry/ fruit it is? it's benefits? Why can't I find anything online about it?

 

[DubatDiaries]

My uncle recently brought this fruit/ berry back from his travels in somalia. My fam told me that its called hohob. Anyone know what kind of berry/ fruit it is? it's benefits? Why can't I find anything online about it?

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I heard my mom talk about this before but I’ve never seen it. i had no idea it was this small

 

[Febbie]

I remembered it had a sour chewing taste. Tried it many years ago.

 

[__08]

My uncle recently brought this fruit/ berry back from his travels in somalia. My fam told me that its called hohob. Anyone know what kind of berry/ fruit it is? it's benefits? Why can't I find anything online about it?

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Is it sweet or sour? I need to ask my grandma.

 

[Burqad]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grewia_asiatica

related to this plant.

 

[𝕃𝕠𝕣𝕕 𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕙]

You' re reviving old memories

Hohob or Ohob (Grewia Penicillata, if you want the english name) are tiny sweet red berries that grow out from the bush we somalis call Gonbeshe or Toon-dhiidhi. It grows only on altitudes beyond 150m if I recall correctly, so that means it doesn' t grow out in certain areas of southern somalia and NFD.
The bush usually doesn' t get any taller that 2-2.5m range.

As for the berries, they are eaten raw or you can eat them with caano geel oo dhay ah. Try it with dhanaan and you' ll regret it eternally.

Edit:
In the post above Burqad shares Grewia asiatica. Although related it isn' t Grewia Penicillata.

https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/grewia.penicillata

 

[Burqad]

very yummy when mixed with milk

 

[Jiron]

i love learning new things, thank you @Yaraye

 

[Yaraye]

Is it sweet or sour? I need to ask my grandma.

it tastes more on the sweet side. but its hard to taste anything since the seeds are so huge that there is barely any part of the berry to taste

 

[Yaraye]

very yummy when mixed with milk

Thanks, i'll try it. How do i mix it with milk and get rid of the seeds in side the fruit? the berry sticks so much to the seed its hard to separate the two.

 

[Yaraye]

I heard my mom talk about this before but I’ve never seen it. i had no idea it was this small

its soo small, and the seeds inside takes up most of the berry's space inside that there is practically nothing left to eat

 

[Shaygoosh]

Never heard of it before, they look like they can easily pass as berries..

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

@Yaraye
Oh I love hohob, yicib, dhanfaruur, xamur, and many others I do not quite recall. I remember eating them all when I first visited the countryside.

I agree eating hobhob with fresh milk is the best.

Beware to chew it well, and not to swallow, for if you do, then constipation reins

 

[Yaraye]

@Yaraye
Oh I love hohob, yicib, dhanfaruur, xamur, and many others I do not quite recall. I remember eating them all when I first visited the countryside.

I agree eating hobhob with fresh milk is the best.

Beware to chew it well, and not to swallow, for if you do, then constipation reins

do you eat the hohob and then drink milk with each hohob? or do you take some hohob and mix it in milk, then strain it? how do you drink it with milk in order to get the most flavor of both the hohob and milk?

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

do you eat the hohob and then drink milk with each hohob? or do you take some hohob and mix it in milk, then strain it? how do you drink it with milk in order to get the most flavor of both the hohob and milk?

Just like 'timir', I would place half a handful in my mouth, chew on one side, and sip the milk (caana geel oo daray ah from gaawe la culay).

The other one, I liked was 'miracas', which is rather sweet, and covered in honey-like dots, when very ripe.

 

[Yaraye]

Just like 'timir', I would place half a handful in my mouth, chew on one side, and sip the milk (caana geel oo daray ah from gaawe la culay).

The other one, I liked was 'miracas', which is rather sweet, and covered in honey-like dots, when very ripe.

how do you look out for the seeds if you eat half a handful together?

 

[𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒔𐒖𐒕𐒈]

how do you look out for the seeds if you eat half a handful together?

Once you have sucked the sweet, what is left over, is then spat out. Or, as I have seen some people do, crush the seeds, and eat all of it.

 

[Dooyo]

My mom once mentioned eating it as a kid. Didn't know it looked like that. She also ate some fruit (pink or red) that grew on cactus. And another fruit that grows on short bushes, looked kind of like a lemon.