Author Topic: New Fruit So-Shang Elaeagnus latifolia (Read 59596 times)

Luisport · « **Reply #100 on:** October 07, 2015, 04:37:36 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa6M76Nwl6s

Luisport · « **Reply #101 on:** October 07, 2015, 04:40:12 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw18NKZWrbM

Luisport · « **Reply #102 on:** October 07, 2015, 04:43:40 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDl1idAZ0V4

Rtreid · « **Reply #103 on:** October 07, 2015, 05:35:00 PM »

Nice videos Luis, thanks for posting them.

Richard

Luisport · « **Reply #104 on:** October 07, 2015, 05:40:45 PM »

Quote from: Rtreid on October 07, 2015, 05:35:00 PM

Nice videos Luis, thanks for posting them.

Richard

Yes i find them very interesting. The second one of the woman selling them in the market seams to sell them matured and green... for what porpouse?

nullzero · « **Reply #105 on:** October 08, 2015, 11:20:19 AM »

I am pretty sure this is So-Shang, but I lost the tag. Any help IDing it would be helpful.

ScottR · « **Reply #106 on:** October 08, 2015, 11:55:41 AM »

Wow looks like much bigger leaf than a elaeagnus but Oscar could I.D. for sure he has it! Nice and green healthy looking plant Null

Rtreid · « **Reply #107 on:** October 08, 2015, 01:19:12 PM »

Null,

It looks like mine, but I will double check when I get home tonight. Are the undersides of the leaves silver-white?

Cheers,
Richard

nullzero · « **Reply #108 on:** October 08, 2015, 02:46:55 PM »

Richard,

Thanks for the response, I will take a closer look at it when I get back from work. As far as I know it was a lighter whitish green color from what I can recall, you may be able to see it partially in one of the pics.

fruitlovers · « **Reply #109 on:** October 08, 2015, 04:42:50 PM »

Yes that photo looks like the real deal.

nullzero · « **Reply #110 on:** October 08, 2015, 04:47:41 PM »

Quote from: fruitlovers on October 08, 2015, 04:42:50 PM

Yes that photo looks like the real deal.

Thanks Oscar, I am going to repot it soon. Good to hear its So-Shang. I still want some more new seedlings next year

greenman62 · « **Reply #111 on:** October 09, 2015, 02:04:03 PM »

I really want seeds of this
actually, i want a plant, but seeds might have to do...
Anyone ?
Oscar, are you selling them ?
if i remember these do not grow easily from cuttings right ?

fruitlovers · « **Reply #112 on:** October 10, 2015, 07:17:23 AM »

Quote from: greenman62 on October 09, 2015, 02:04:03 PM

I really want seeds of this
actually, i want a plant, but seeds might have to do...
Anyone ?
Oscar, are you selling them ?
if i remember these do not grow easily from cuttings right ?

Yes i sell them, They are on my seed page. Yes much easier from seed than cutting. Last time they fruited April-May. Not in season right now.

Luisport · « **Reply #113 on:** October 11, 2015, 02:11:04 PM »

Elaeagnus latifolia Linn. belongs to family Elaeagnaceae locally known as Soh-shang in Khasi hills of Meghalaya. The people of Meghalaya have found many uses of Soh-shang fruit besides enjoying it as fresh fruit. In North Eastern states, it is quite common in Sibsagar (Dikho valley of Assam), Naga hills (Nagaland), Khasi and Jaintia hills of Meghalaya. The fruits are eaten raw with salt and used for making chutney and fruit pulp is used for making jam, jelly and refreshing drink (Patel et al., 2008). http://scialert.net/fulltext/?doi=ajpnft.2012.19.26&org=10

fruitlovers · « **Reply #114 on:** March 30, 2016, 01:28:23 AM »

Have seeds available now for those of you who asked about it before. Please go to my seed page to order online: http://fruitlovers.com/seedlist.html

Delvi83 · « **Reply #115 on:** March 30, 2016, 03:54:13 AM »

What's its cold hardiness?

fruitlovers · « **Reply #116 on:** March 30, 2016, 04:35:49 AM »

Quote from: Delvi83 on March 30, 2016, 03:54:13 AM

What's its cold hardiness?

USDA Zone:9
20° to 30°F (-6.5° to -1°C)

Delvi83 · « **Reply #117 on:** March 30, 2016, 07:42:47 AM »

Thanks

So_Cal_Mike · « **Reply #118 on:** March 30, 2016, 04:41:56 PM »

Order placed!

Any special germination instructions?

Pan Dulce · « **Reply #119 on:** March 30, 2016, 10:47:19 PM »

All mine germinated last year outside on my patio. Air temps should have been upper 80s during that time of the year.

BTW, this website says they are nitrogen fixers and the fruit contain fatty acids.

Here is the article:
http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Elaeagnus+latifolia

Chandramohan · « **Reply #120 on:** March 31, 2016, 10:04:37 PM »

Photo of Elaeagnus latifolia collected from the wild.

So_Cal_Mike · « **Reply #121 on:** May 07, 2016, 04:55:26 PM »

seeds are beginning to sprout!

palologrower · « **Reply #122 on:** February 05, 2017, 03:24:06 AM »

Oscar you mentioned fruiting was in April/may. When did you start seeing the flowers pop out in Puna?

Couple of the original five I bought from you are about 1.5 tall in the pot and looking nice so far.

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #123 on:** March 21, 2017, 05:05:36 PM »

tasted this for the first time today, remind me of strawberry, lychee, with guava paste texture...very good fruit, could be made into raisins I bet, they would taste amazing dried, but are excellent fresh out of hand...very pretty fruit, the plant is a liana, with thorns...so once i get it rooted, I'm going to plant them underneath the south side of a large non-fruiting tree, on the border of my property, where i can avoid it's thorns....cold is not an issue for this species...but according to my friend, it took many years to fruit from seed...maybe because his plant is in so much shade? any how....this is a good fruit worth adding to the collection if you have space.

fruitlovers · « **Reply #124 on:** March 21, 2017, 10:25:36 PM »

Quote from: FlyingFoxFruits on March 21, 2017, 05:05:36 PM

tasted this for the first time today, remind me of strawberry, lychee, with guava paste texture...very good fruit, could be made into raisins I bet, they would taste amazing dried, but are excellent fresh out of hand...very pretty fruit, the plant is a liana, with thorns...so once i get it rooted, I'm going to plant them underneath the south side of a large non-fruiting tree, on the border of my property, where i can avoid it's thorns....cold is not an issue for this species...but according to my friend, it took many years to fruit from seed...maybe because his plant is in so much shade? any how....this is a good fruit worth adding to the collection if you have space.

The one i have is practically thornless, and the very few thorns i find are not sharp, not really thorns. Also i would not describe it as a liana. It is a bushy tree that sends long runners that like to climb. Kind of reminds me of climbing ylang ylang (Artabotrys uncinatus).
Didn't think of drying them. Will try that with the next batch. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Author Topic: New Fruit So-Shang Elaeagnus latifolia (Read 59596 times)