Lepisanthes fruticosa

[Felipe]

Anyone growing it? I have one plant in ground for a few years. It does not grow, but it does not die either. But that's maybe because of the place where I planted it, not because of the climate.

In my last journey I found a fruiting plant in a temple in Ayutthaya. I was very excited to see fruits for the  first time. Unfortunatelly it was a big dissapointment. The fruit had not sweetnes, no flavour, but a slightly bad aftertaste. So not worth growing for the fruit. But maybe there a good ones out there. Has anyone tasted the fruit of L. fruticosa or other L. species?

Here some pictures:

[EvilFruit]

Interesting, looks similar to Jamun (Syzygium cumini).

[atilla]

roasted seeds very good

[luc]

Well....the seeds I got didn't germinate , so , no big loss ...Thanks Felipe .