Rare fruit options for Cuba?

[Raulglezruiz]

Hi I'm spending a week vacations in Cuba between Habana and Varadero, any tips of Market's with rare fruit or Botanical Gardens or anybody knows a collector from those areas? Any tips would be appreciated, thanks!

[Domnik]

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[druss]

Had a look on the net,  theres some interesting endemics in Cuba :Annona cristalensis, Annona ekmanii, Eugenia aceitillo, Eugenia acunai, Eugenia acutissima, Eugenia bayatensis, Garcinia aristata, Manilkara mayarensis, Manilkara valenzuelana, Plinia rupestris, Pouteria aristata, Pouteria cubensis, Pouteria micrantha, Pouteria moaensis,Psidium havanense, Vaccinium bissei. Certainly worth looking for. Good luck there have fun.

[JonathonForester]

Anyone have any information on Annona cristalensis? I cant find anything other then the statement that it is endemic to Cuba.

[mangomike]

Try contacting the National Botanical Garden. They should know the status and possibly locations of some of these species. I know I did an Index Seminum exchange with them years ago for Garcinia aristata; they had a recovery program for the species as it is endangered by overharvesting.