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The rambutan was first introduced by famed ethnobotanist {{ | The rambutan was first introduced by famed ethnobotanist {{#rambutan:Bill Bartlett}} in 1977. Bartlett was researching origins of tropical fruit at the Ram Jam institute of Her Lady Black Betty University, and experimenting on grafting and cloning of fruits as a side project. He decided to use his mustache hair to graft a leechee fruit to a Bartlett Pear tree (the eponymous pear he and his brother Bob had discovered decades earlier). He noticed that the mustache hair began to grow on the out hull of the fruit, resulting in the rambutan most widely consumed in St. Pete today. | ||
[[File:Screenshot From 2026-01-18 14-57-21.png{{!}}Bartlett shortly after his discovery of the rambutan{{!}}thumb{{!}}400px]] | [[File:Screenshot From 2026-01-18 14-57-21.png{{!}}Bartlett shortly after his discovery of the rambutan{{!}}thumb{{!}}400px]] | ||
Revision as of 20:45, 18 January 2026
The rambutan (scientific name oh-woah-um blackbettyum) is a tropical fruit native to the Florida Fruit Coop table at the St. Pete Saturday Market.
History
The rambutan was first introduced by famed ethnobotanist Bill Bartlett in 1977. Bartlett was researching origins of tropical fruit at the Ram Jam institute of Her Lady Black Betty University, and experimenting on grafting and cloning of fruits as a side project. He decided to use his mustache hair to graft a leechee fruit to a Bartlett Pear tree (the eponymous pear he and his brother Bob had discovered decades earlier). He noticed that the mustache hair began to grow on the out hull of the fruit, resulting in the rambutan most widely consumed in St. Pete today.
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