Ihau fruit is a fruit native to East Kalimantan (and probably also exist in the forests of other regions, including in the forests of Borneo and Brunei Darussalam Malaysa). It was round for the marbles of the fruit flesh with a sweet taste similar Klengkeng which also resembles a fruit-flavored Klengkeng. No wonder some people call it a fruit Klengkeng city native Borneo.
Like the trees growing jungle of Borneo, tree trunks ihau has a large and sturdy and tall. Have two kinds of colors, namely yellow and some are brownish green, making ihau or cat's eye is as fine cuisine of the monkeys, hornbills and other wildlife.
At this time the fruit season (December-February) Ihau fruit can still be found in the market-traditional markets in the hinterland of the Mahakam. But this time Ihau fruit can also be found on a roadside fruit seller in Samarinda. When asked the origin of the fruit, the seller is no longer the answer came from a kind of hinterland Mahakam dense forests, but the fruit has been dikebunkan ihau by farmers on the outskirts of the city of Samarinda, precisely in the Village District Lempake North Samarinda.
If the first people selling fruit in a measure ihau former small size cans of milk, fruit is now sold by the dose kilograms ihau like other fruits. The price of a kilo of fruit traders offered ranged from 15,000 to Rp. 20,000. This price is quite reasonable that compete with imported fruits Klengkeng especially considering the scarcity of this fruit.
source: http://wahw33d.blogspot.com/2010/11/25-buah-buahan-dari-pedalaman.html # ixzz1XpI9hwkW
