Riberry (Syzygium luehmannii)

Riberry (Syzygium luehmannii)
Originally uploaded by imbala

I found this photo while doing a Flickr search on our local community. The street outside our library is lined with Riberry trees. Each year a number of the local cooking enthusiasts (myself included) do a little raid and produce jam, chutneys and sauces from these edible berries. They are very attractive trees and I am all for the street planting of native trees that produce edible fruit. This year a young patron brought me in a jar of riberry sauce to have with Christmas dinner. She had it beautifully presented and I got a real buzz out of receiving it. The added bonus was that it was delicious!