I never seen or eaten dabai but i think i will like it.
The female can bloom in 4years i read, male in more years. But i have 5 and want to keep small tree from pruning and in container...maybe 200 liter i think.
That tree in sri lanka is not big, we sell tree's that size in 100 liter pots everywhere in thailand.
I don't want to plant in soil because i need many tree's and they grow so big. I think i do multiple stem grafting from seedling so i can cut the male...but still don't know if female alone can make fruit or still need the male...but if i graft all 5 on 1 tree i have good chance for fruit i think.
Only one seed made 2 stems, the other only 1.
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http://www.tropicalfruits.com.my/pdf/Borneo-Olive-Dabai-k-fruit.pdfFlowers Male dabai trees produce male flowers with pollen and female
ones have hermaphrodite characteristics, having both male
and female organs on the same flower but the staminodes,
the
male part of the flower, are sterile, producing no pollen. The
flowers are a creamy white with three sepals and an orange
stigma.
Propagation Through seeds. The sex of the trees is not revealed until
they reach reproductive maturity, which is after four years,
after which male trees are cut down and an orchard of female
trees is established. After much research, two suitable clones
(Laja and Lulong) are propagated by cuttings and grafting.
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If the male part of female tree is sterile producing no pollen how can we cut the male tree and still get fruit? I don't understand it, so we only keep the female tree and still get fruit?