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Finally! Mountain Papaya (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« on: July 18, 2017, 10:43:41 PM »
After years of being asked for seedsthis species by several members on this forum I finally got a hold of one fruit thanks to the husband of the lady who helps to clean up the house, he found a tree in the hill outside his work place, and was kind enough to get one for me, I saw the fruits 20 years ago in Colima's Markets by the sidewalk vendors, at the time I wasn't into fruits yet, vendors told me the green fruit was boil or fried with oil and eat as a vegetable on its own or in salads, or mix with scramble eggs, through this year's I have had few encounters with the fruit /tree but not at the right time, last year in the hill looking for Limoncillos (Mexican Garcinia) I found a fruit on the ground but unfortunately it was rotten, I look around for the tree but couldn't find it, 2 months ago again in Limoncillo land I saw a large Bonetes tree with fruit large fruits hanging on it with the pole I was able to get 4 but they never ripe back in my house, so I'm very happy no to have this one, this lady told me they eat them as a vegetable, but they like them better as fruit full ripe just spoon out the pulp, also-ran I read that toasted seeds has a great flavor, when I opened if was very soft, I think either this fruit was pick from the ground or they miss the catch cause it has signs of damage, the inside was very brilliant yellow, orange, when I tried it with spoon it flesh was very soft like custard with a nice tropical sweet flavor, first thing came to my mind was sweet passiflora, apricot and papaya notes, Definitely very pleasant profile, I'm planting a tree in my land, I like the idea it can be either use as fruit or veggies when semi-ripe, also a plus that seeds are from edible and tasty this guy has a better explanation of the flavor saying they taste like Bacon, I'll have yet to try them
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Because I only have one fruit and don't know when I'll get more as this is a endangered tree, the seeds will be dispatch first come first serve, price is 2.5 each minimum 8 seeds, shipping certified is 6 usd, the seeds will be sent dry like regular papaya, my paypal is raulglezruiz@gmail.com,
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« Last Edit: July 20, 2017, 09:37:50 PM by Raulglezruiz »
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Re: Finally! Bonetes (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2017, 11:14:19 PM »
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Re: Finally! Bonetes (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2017, 09:49:57 PM »
Thanks for the good response ordering, this fruit is hard to get and much appreciated, I'll starting contacting you in couple days with tracking numbers...
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Re: Finally! Bonetes (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2017, 07:14:42 AM »
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Re: Finally! Mountain Papaya (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2017, 09:39:18 PM »
I got more seeds...
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Re: Finally! Mountain Papaya (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2017, 01:34:12 AM »
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Re: Finally! Mountain Papaya (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2017, 02:02:43 PM »
Raul, do you know what it taste like when used as vegetable? Which other vegetable does it compare to? Any info on growth habit of the tree? Speed, size, etc...

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Re: Finally! Mountain Papaya (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2017, 04:40:35 PM »
Raul, do you know what it taste like when used as vegetable? Which other vegetable does it compare to? Any info on growth habit of the tree? Speed, size, etc...
Hi Durian Lover, people told me it can be used and can have similar taste as a Chayote, you
Can find more information on the web looking for Bonetes fruta...
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Re: Finally! Mountain Papaya (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2017, 04:25:15 AM »
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Re: Finally! Mountain Papaya (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2017, 11:17:50 AM »
$2.5 / each seed. I will  buy in next year.
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Re: Finally! Mountain Papaya (Jacaratia Mexicana)
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2017, 07:38:12 PM »
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