What is this canistel like fruit?

[Mike T]

The tree was quite clearly distinctive from its canistel neighbour being more compact, with narrower and furrowed leaves and larger flowers.The yellow fruit were very hard still with no sign of ripeness.
Any ideas?

[Mike T]

May as well show you lot a couple of other things seen today.

Here are a couple of other sights taken in today. Like the row of 65ft giant ambarellas sprouting back with flowers as winter comes to an end.


There are so many big mango trees around Cairns with young fruit up high at the moment. There must be hundreds of trees in the district over say 60 feet tall.


Stumbled across an akee tree at Gordonvale today.

[fruitlovers]

How do those tall trees, especially the mangoes, survive your hurricanes? Or are these away from the susceptible coastal areas?

[Mike T]

Big cyclones/hurricanes don't hit the same spot often enough to wipe out the big trees that regrow between events. The tall trees seem to have a few strategies if they are cyclone/hurricane adapted. Some lose their foliage and small branches quickly then offer less resistance as a bare tree. Some like fiji longan just snap off and regrow. Big mango trees do alright but lose most of their crown and many branches unless very thick. Very thick trunked trees seem to do better and don't get toppled and regrow well. Some species do very badly like durians and mangosteen. After cyclones Yasi, Larry and Winifred in the Innisfail to Cardwell area large areas of rainforest looked like poles sticking out of 8m deep coleslaw and the forest floor was an impenetrable mess of branches, fallen vines and foliage. It regrew each time with extra vines for a few years after the storm.