Author Topic: eugenia repanda! (Read 8115 times)

huertasurbanas · « **on:** January 26, 2015, 11:19:54 PM »

The eugenia repanda (pitanga-jambo or ñangapiré negro) are ripening now, the last year I could try just 2 of them, but now half of the plants produced fruits (at different times, there are even some of them with flowers and fruits)... they should be black when ripe, but I tasted 2 red unripe ones and they were very good!!!, like a bing cherry (very different taste to e. uniflora -and I love unifloras- ).

The most interesting feature to me is that they can fruit in full shade.

If you like acid, small (1 to 1.5 cm) and/or myrtaceae fruits, you must have it :-D

Don · « **Reply #1 on:** January 27, 2015, 05:44:39 AM »

Very nice looking fruit!

Soren · « **Reply #2 on:** January 27, 2015, 07:31:18 AM »

Very unique looking fruits; how is the pulp - seed ratio?

huertasurbanas · « **Reply #3 on:** January 27, 2015, 08:28:11 AM »

Seeds are a bit smaller than e. uniflora, maybe 30% seed / 70% pulp?

luc · « **Reply #4 on:** January 27, 2015, 10:17:55 AM »

How acid are they , like a E. stipitata ?

huertasurbanas · « **Reply #5 on:** January 27, 2015, 11:15:47 AM »

I never tasted e. stipitata, I guess they are less acid. Acidity not bother at all, I think that makes them interesting, like an orange or Cherry.

Really: red e. repandas are identical to a bing cherry to me. I should wait some days to taste the black/fully ripe ones

fruitlovers · « **Reply #6 on:** January 27, 2015, 03:23:03 PM »

Thanks for the report. I have some plants and was wondering if they are worthy of planting in the ground.

Tomas · « **Reply #7 on:** January 27, 2015, 08:07:01 PM »

Hi huertasurbanas,

Is E. repanda a smaller bush that you think can be grown successfully in a pot?

Tomas

huertasurbanas · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2015, 08:20:23 AM »

Oscar and Tomas, they fruit in a pot without problems (even in a small 3L pot) like a surinam cherry (but less drought resistant), and I planted a lot of them because I think it is a very good fruit.

Cassio · « **Reply #9 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:39:05 AM »

Marcos, what´s the tree age when it started to fruit?
I tryed to grow her two times, but in both the tree died. Maybe I will give it a new try...

huertasurbanas · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2015, 08:06:20 AM »

Quote from: Cassio on January 29, 2015, 07:39:05 AM

Marcos, what´s the tree age when it started to fruit?
I tryed to grow her two times, but in both the tree died. Maybe I will give it a new try...

You should... one of mines died because of lack of water during the winter.

They fruit from 4 years old aprox, just like a surinam cherry

Don · « **Reply #11 on:** January 30, 2015, 02:28:24 AM »

Sent pm huertas.

huertasurbanas · « **Reply #12 on:** February 27, 2015, 05:48:53 PM »

I tasted many more fully ripe black ones and the flavour is different than a bing cherry, very good but it has its own personality, I am tasting more ones and cant find what reminds me... I hope next crops would be bigger fruits

luc · « **Reply #13 on:** February 27, 2015, 06:16:09 PM »

Are the ripe black ones less acid than those you tasted before ? If yes , i wouldn't mind planting a few , I can trade with Eugenia matossii .

huertasurbanas · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2015, 04:26:54 AM »

Quote from: luc on February 27, 2015, 06:16:09 PM

Are the ripe black ones less acid than those you tasted before ? If yes , i wouldn't mind planting a few , I can trade with Eugenia matossii .

Yes: they are less acid (they have to be really black), I like the e. matosii too :-D, but I am looking for mexican garcinia if you have some (I sent you seeds of this eugenia repanda species some days ago)

I will take more photos, they use to be darker than the one on this photo.

luc · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2015, 10:55:56 AM »

Quote from: huertasurbanas on February 28, 2015, 04:26:54 AM

Quote from: luc on February 27, 2015, 06:16:09 PM
Are the ripe black ones less acid than those you tasted before ? If yes , i wouldn't mind planting a few , I can trade with Eugenia matossii .

Yes: they are less acid (they have to be really black), I like the e. matosii too :-D, but I am looking for mexican garcinia if you have some (I sent you seeds of this eugenia repanda species some days ago)

I will take more photos, they use to be darker than the one on this photo.

Mexican Garcinia in a month more or less .

huertasurbanas · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2015, 05:36:50 PM »

I can wait Luc.

About a properly ripen e. repanda, see this:

they have a nice red juice inside

gunnar429 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 11, 2015, 12:16:53 PM »

when are E. repanda seeds available?

Thanks!

huertasurbanas · « **Reply #18 on:** April 11, 2015, 11:20:13 PM »

From january till april or march! I tried new ones the last week (from another tree) and they were wonderful in full sun, it really helps... but they can fruit in full shade too.

val · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2015, 12:46:28 PM »

You got me at bing cherry. I've put this on my buy list. Thanks for the review

Mango Stein · « **Reply #20 on:** August 27, 2016, 03:37:13 AM »

Doesn't seem like HuertasUrbanas offered seeds this year. Is anyone else growing fruiting trees yet? Should be in season now for Northern hemisphere growers.

sanitarium · « **Reply #21 on:** September 18, 2018, 06:24:57 AM »

Right now in season, here are first fruits cut, taste very good like sourish sweet cherry. however not that much pulp you would expect the seed is fairly big

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