Diospyros decandra

[Tim]

Has anyone tasted this fruit?  Or better yet, is anyone here growing this tree? 
If you did sample its fruits, what's your impression of it?  Worthwhile fruit aside from its incredible fragrance?

I grew up hearing lots about this fruit, mostly because we used to own a piece of land with a ton of these trees.  Unfortunately, I don't remember a thing except it being slightly astringent.

[tabbydan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_decandra

'Its fruits are yellow-colored and are known as "Gold Apple". They have a strong fragrant smell and have medicinal value.'

Looks like someone needs to update wikipedia....

http://dokmaidogma.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/one-of-the-ancients/

'It is so good I once carried a fruit around in my pocket, and now and then I would pick it up and smell it, and each time praise it. The flavour is like the fragrance.'

That sounds pretty impressive (well- "the flavor is the fragrance").  I'm not sure I get why one takes a fruit out of ones pocket and praises it, unless you're trying to make an empty seat on public transportation.

[dreamfrutas]

I am looking for seeds, planted it a couple of times, with no success.

Carlos

[Tim]

Carlos - have you had the fruits before or just trying to collect based on its description?  Just curious

Dan - the fruits are quite the opposite, I don't think anyone will find its fragrance offensive. If anything it'd make a crowded bus/train/car smell much more pleasant. The writer from dokmaidogma didn't quite capture that in writing.

[dreamfrutas]

Never saw the  fruit, traded one time bought the other, same result: nothing, nada.

Carlos

[tabbydan]

Dan - the fruits are quite the opposite, I don't think anyone will find its fragrance offensive. If anything it'd make a crowded bus/train/car smell much more pleasant. The writer from dokmaidogma didn't quite capture that in writing.

They described it as smelling good (thus also tasting good).  I just meant that the only reason to talk to a fruit would be to look crazy and thus get a seat to yourself on public transit...

[davidgarcia899]

Has anyone found seeds?

[EvilFruit]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Diospyros-decandra-10-Seeds-Gold-Apple-Yellow-Fruits-Fragrant-Very-Rare-Seeds-/261946700616?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cfd3d7348

[AlexRF]

Gold Apple fruit season just started. We have a chance on very fresh seeds.
Vietnamesse friend says this fruit highly prized in former times for its pleasant odor.
But taste is usual, not outstanding. Now most of trees are cut down and changed on another fruit trees.
Available mostly in the wild.

[HIfarm]

It sounds pretty interesting but does anyone know what kind of pleasant fragrance this has?  Fruity?  Floral?  Spicy?  A lot of fragrances can be pleasant but the descriptions seem pretty vague

John