Hi all , I feel it's time to share some more info about the Luc's Mex. Garcinia . My orchard is right in the area where they grow wild , so in the beginning I was not really interested in this fruit , I am talking now about more than 15 years ago closer to 20 . I really liked them BUT in these days I wanted to grow the real rare exotics , mostly from S. America the Amazon , Asia etc...( the grass is always greener next door ...right )
When my adopted Mexican daughters finally convinced me I should buy a computer ( I am really an old fashion guy and was still stuck in the time of Telex , most of you probably have no idea what I am talking about , these perforated strips of paper ....kinda like a Morse code....lol...) the world opened for me ...I learned about Garcinia's and looking at images on line I figured this must be a Garcinia . The rest is history.
Now , about the fruit itself....there is no such thing as a regular , good , or better . There is a difference in size , yes , depending on where it grows , we do have a lot of cattle running loose and they seek shade and poop under these trees , guess what ...lots of slow release fertilizing . Fruits / seeds carried by birds and bats are dropped all over , some dropped in the right areas close or next to a brook / river equals better soil and lots of humidity and water = larger fruit .
All of them when perfectly ripe are a delight and really sweet , all at this stage are more orange than yellow . I must say that I also like the fruits in their yellow stage ( not 100 % ripe ) they have more of a lemon taste , that's why the locals call them Limoncillo .
The only thing I cannot explain is the shape in some fruits , even on the same tree , some are more pointed and some are more round . But I see the same thing on my Abiu's .
Talking to quite a few people from Agro Universities in Mexico , trying to ID this fruit , we didn't get anywhere....but most agreed verbally , without committing themselves , it could be a ssp of G. intermedia . One of our Italian members will be doing some DNA tests and will probably post it in the group .