biribá? it has another smell

[huertasurbanas]

Hi,

I bouth those 6 plants from a nursery, they are from Misiones and they call them "chirimoya" but, obviously, they are not chirimoya, they should be biribá.

But when I crush their leaves, they smell so strong and nice, stronger than the biribá from Hawaii I use to grow, and the main trunk has those white bumps that I do not see in the Hawaiian biriba:


From Hawaii (no whit bumps in the bark, softer smell in crushed leaves):



These are the new ones (white bumps, stronger smell, lemony, really different! in fact, I like it more):

[Seanny]

My cherimoya rootstock trunk has similar bumps as yours.

[KarenRei]

Very cool, I didn't know there were any cherimoyas with fragrant leaves (though I like the fruity smell of the leaves on my guanabana    ).  I keep track of plant scents, so this one is going in the database. 

[huertasurbanas]

Very cool, I didn't know there were any cherimoyas with fragrant leaves (though I like the fruity smell of the leaves on my guanabana    ).  I keep track of plant scents, so this one is going in the database. 

you cannot be serious! they are not chirimoyas... (I hope so)

no cherimola smell in the leaves...

[spaugh]

Cherimoya leaves have strong lemony smell.  The bottom photos are not cherimoya though.  Maybe atemoya?

[KarenRei]

Whoops, sorry for throwing the thread into disarray - I meant to write biribá, but I had just come from a different thread where we were discussing cherimoyas 

[huertasurbanas]

Whoops, sorry for throwing the thread into disarray - I meant to write biribá, but I had just come from a different thread where we were discussing cherimoyas 

thanks god they are not chirimoyas (I love chirimoyas but I want to taste biribá soon)

[huertasurbanas]

they are annona reticulata! maybe a yellow variety, I am so happy about that

[Guanabanus]

Many Cubans call Annona reticulata "chirimoya", but the other name they also use is better:  "corazon-de-buey", "bullock's heart."

[Guanabanus]

See Joaave's thread below:  Need to ID this Rollinia.  It looks similar to your plant.

[huertasurbanas]

See Joaave's thread below:  Need to ID this Rollinia.  It looks similar to your plant.

Thanks for the insight!

About jooaves plant: http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=27931.0 it is very different to my reticulata, his plant doesnt has those noticeable veins

[KarenRei]

I don't have a biribá (had a couple as seedlings a while back but they died, not sure why), so I'm in no position to comment about how it looks.  But I do have a reticulata, and that definitely looks like mine.  It's kind of annoying, I keep worrying that it's infested with scale, and then have to keep reminding myself, no, the bark looks like that normally.

I don't remember much of a smell in mine's leaves, though.  Guanabana leaves smell better (rather fruity).

[huertasurbanas]

I don't have a biribá (had a couple as seedlings a while back but they died, not sure why), so I'm in no position to comment about how it looks.  But I do have a reticulata, and that definitely looks like mine.  It's kind of annoying, I keep worrying that it's infested with scale, and then have to keep reminding myself, no, the bark looks like that normally.

I don't remember much of a smell in mine's leaves, though.  Guanabana leaves smell better (rather fruity).

Thanks Karen for confirming it! I really like the smell of the leaves of reticulata