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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Online Library => Topic started by: HIfarm on November 20, 2017, 01:48:59 PM
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Info on some monkey colas, where the aril is eaten instead of the nut:
http://www.journalrepository.org/media/journals/ARRB_32/2014/Mar/Ogbu4122013ARRB8066_1.pdf (http://www.journalrepository.org/media/journals/ARRB_32/2014/Mar/Ogbu4122013ARRB8066_1.pdf)
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Got seedlings of cola lepidota.
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Hi Soren,
Have you tried any of the monkey colas? If so, I'd like to hear your impressions.
John
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Sorry no; I actually considered it not edible - only when I saw your post I looked them up and found one I was growing ;D
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Thanks, Soren. When Paul Noren was staying with me, he mentioned a couple of them as being pretty good but he did not seem wildly enthusiastic about them (maybe just because it is not a traditional "fruit" kind of flavor?). It will still be several years before any of mine bear fruit to be able to assess them.
John
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One of my cola lepidota seedlings center i photo.
(https://s14.postimg.cc/rcaebz8kt/IMG_20171231_164555.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/image/rcaebz8kt/)
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Nice looking plant, Soren. How tall is that -- maybe 60 cm? One of my lepidotas or pachycarpas is about the same size but I suspect you will beat me to fruiting. Be sure to give us a post when you fruit it. Any idea how large they need to get to fruit?
John
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They are slow growers in pots but have just planted one in the ground and expect to see an increase in growth. I have no details on this species...