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Fruits ID
« on: February 13, 2019, 09:06:51 PM »
Hi Guys,

This year, I'm back to hunt the fruits of the Guianas. I just came back from a trip in the woods and picked up two fruits I had never found before and have a bit of trouble identifying them. If anyone has any idea about these species, thanks in advance !

First one :








Tree produce heavy amount of white latex. Fruit is green when unripe and turn brownish when ripe. Very good amount of pulp, no latex inside fruit, taste is very very pleasant, similar to meliccocus bijugatus.
Licania species ?

Second fruit :



At first look, i was thinking about Annona montana, but leaves are very different, but sure it's a annonaceae. I was not able to taste it as all fruits are unripe. I will come back to the tree (only 4 meters tall, unusual size in deep forest) in 2 weeks.

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Re: Fruits ID
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2019, 09:19:48 PM »
Second fruit could be Pond apple/ A.glabra.

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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2019, 10:18:17 AM »
The second fruit belongs to the genus Fusaea (Annonaceae). It could be Fusaea longifolia.

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106440-2

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Re: Fruits ID
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2019, 06:03:20 PM »
HI Richard, I sent an email to you!!!

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Re: Fruits ID
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2019, 02:09:50 PM »
The second fruit belongs to the genus Fusaea (Annonaceae). It could be Fusaea longifolia.

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106440-2

It does seem that your ID is correct, it is Fusea longifolia ! I did not expected to find a so such interesting species. I will come back to the trees in 2 weeks and i hope to taste ripe fruits, natives said me it's a delicious fruit.

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Re: Fruits ID
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2019, 09:04:43 AM »




Found this nice fruit on the ground in the forest. Good pulp ratio, sweet taste (the skin leaves a slight back bitter taste in the throat).
I was not able to found the tree.
Any ideas ?

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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2019, 09:54:18 AM »




Found this nice fruit on the ground in the forest. Good pulp ratio, sweet taste (the skin leaves a slight back bitter taste in the throat).
I was not able to found the tree.
Any ideas ?

Looks like some Mouriri to me.

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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2019, 06:44:56 PM »




Found this nice fruit on the ground in the forest. Good pulp ratio, sweet taste (the skin leaves a slight back bitter taste in the throat).
I was not able to found the tree.
Any ideas ?

Looks like some Mouriri to me.

Yes, it should be Mouriri guianensis. I will confirm it with leaves check on next trip.
Thank you !

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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2019, 06:51:56 PM »
If you are selling seeds of that Mouriri sp. I'd be super interested!
Grow cooler fruits

www.wildlandsplants.com

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Re: Fruits ID
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2019, 03:34:05 PM »
Yesterday i found this fruit :







Definitely a sapotaceae but i don't know the species.
Fruits are covered with hair somewhat like mabolo fruit.
Taste is excellent, like a cross between abiu and star apple, good amount of pulp despite the thick rind.
Any input his name ?
Pouteria torta ?

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« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2019, 06:07:34 AM »
It has a high chance of being Pouteria torta. Maybe it is some cultivar with big size and thick rind.

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« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2019, 09:21:43 PM »
Yes, i heard same thing.
I was told that it is Pouteria torta spp

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Re: Fruits ID
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2019, 02:45:26 PM »
Hi everybody,

I found this small berries shrub, any idea about genus and species ?
Seems to grow only on waterlogged soil.






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« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2019, 10:34:45 AM »
Maybe I`m wrong, but I would say it`s maybe Plinia costata (which is native to Guyana and Suriname), because for me it looks very similar to Plinia edulis.
Unfortunately there are no pictures of Plinia costata on the internet. But as far as I know P. costata is the only species of Plinia which is native to Guyana.

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« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2019, 09:50:58 PM »
Thank you for the input Mangifera08, no one here in Guiana, even botanists and natives seems to know this fruit. I will try to explore the Plinia eventuality.

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Re: Fruits ID
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2019, 10:01:38 PM »
Two fruits to ID from my last trip :



It was on the ground, maybe since several months. Tried to spot the tree but no success. It was on a steep slope, so fruit have probably rolled some distance. I'm thinking about a Duguetia, maybe D. surinamensis ?
Seeds inside were all rotten.





No idea of Genus. Apocynaceae ?
The transparent flesh surrounding the seeds is delicious !

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« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2019, 10:54:07 AM »
This is an accident waiting to happen.

I would strongly reccommend you than either stop eating unknown fruits, or at least assure yourself to learn how to recognize poisonous fruits.

Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel
« Last Edit: May 21, 2019, 11:00:09 AM by pvaldes »

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Re: Fruits ID
« Reply #17 on: May 22, 2019, 09:01:23 AM »
Thank you for your thoughtfulness.
I always ask advice to indigenous people prior to taste a doubtful fruit. They know all fruits with a extremely high level of confidence.
But as you can imagine, they have no idea of the botanical names we use.