Heitup

Heitup is the local name of wild apple in Manipuri. The fruits are small and
hard texture are grown in many parts of north east regions of India. It is
grown in the moderately high altitude areas of Manipur, Nagaland,
Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh. In early years the consumption was
done by scrubbing on a clean stone and boiling in pots to minimize the
sourness, while some eat it like other fruits. The fruit tastes sour and
presently consumed by the local people in the form of salted and dried
slices. Sometimes, it is whittled and kept in container with water for few
days and both, water and the fruit are consumed. The local people collect
this wild apple from the nearby hills and plains for their own food and also
to sell them in the markets.