Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit, or ADAM'S APPLE, a name fancifully given to the fruit of different species of Citrus, especially to C. Medica, var. paradisi, which has indentations in its rind suggesting tooth-marks. In Ceylon the same name is applied to the fruit of Tabernaemontana dichotoma (Apocynaceæ). The shape of the fruit suggests the idea of a piece having been bitten off, and the legend runs that it was good before Eve ate of it, although it has been poisonous ever since.