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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Treculia africana
« on: January 13, 2014, 03:16:54 AM »
the flavor is the same, just smaller and less seeds in fruit
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Noticed in this link that it says obovoidea is dioecious. Are all the treculia species including africana dioecious?Jean,
Just wondering are you familiar with T. obovoidea? Is it similar (similar uses) to T. africana?
John
http://eol.org/pages/6960102/overview
I was doing a search for a plant that Jean from Nutrecul mentioned and came across an interesting thesis:
http://www.tropicallab.ugent.be/thesisceline.pdf
These sorts of things are always great to find more fruiting plants you have not encountered before ...
John
Jean,
Just wondering are you familiar with T. obovoidea? Is it similar (similar uses) to T. africana?
John
Hello Jean (John),
From your vast experience with the species in your local area, what would be your top 5 fruits be in terms of great taste?
Tomas
What sort of import regulations are there in congo (aka, can you take live plants, or only seeds)? Is this a nonprofit or for-profit venture? I bet you could get interest by offering to send seeds of local species, most collectors are rather deficient in African species (at least I sure am! The only two of my ~80 that I have that are native to Africa are miracle fruit and tamarind, aka, nothing particularly exotic!). You might want to consider making a "Wanted" and "Available" list. Or if what you want is "everything", then perhaps a "Already have" list instead of a "Wanted" list
Im agronomist & mercenary parkranger for the AWDF (african wildlife defence force), ceo of Nutrecul agroforestry and landowner (50.000ha)
I'm in the horticulture sector since 2000. and now thinking of setting up a new type of botanical garden. A 'Tropical fruit garden'.
I'm wondering if there is an interest for to work with me for to collect all tropical fruitplants and trees from arround the globe and plant on a 1000ha field?
We have seen EDENPROJECT in the UK and many botanical gardens , but none of them specialised in jungle food trees.
Pretty big chunk of land - it gotta be a lot cheaper in DRC than here in Uganda?
You mean in Congo-Brazzaville? i'm from the Congo-Kinshasa. You have more information on that person?
Jean , Danforth and Noren are not in the Congo anymore . They kinda disappeared from the face of the earth as far as I know . They published a cute little book called : Congo Native Fruits , covering 25 of the best and a short description of an other 25 . Picture attached.
Where can i find that book?
You can buy the book here: http://www.echobooks.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=316 Jean, you never answered whether the pages with fruit photos you posted is from a book and whether it is available anywhere?
You mean in Congo-Brazzaville? i'm from the Congo-Kinshasa. You have more information on that person?
Jean , Danforth and Noren are not in the Congo anymore . They kinda disappeared from the face of the earth as far as I know . They published a cute little book called : Congo Native Fruits , covering 25 of the best and a short description of an other 25 . Picture attached.
Here is a post I started about the Treculia a few months back. The photos of mine showing the leaves is in the post, wonder ing if they are similar to yours Oscar.
http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=6038.msg80270#msg80270
Great posting, thanks for posting it. I have had a great interest in African fruits since reading some of Roy Danforth's writings.
I have a couple of questions for you regarding some of the fruit pictured. I have heard many species of Landolphia initially seem sweet when you taste it and then the taste becomes almost overpoweringly sour. Is that the case for L. owariensis? Also, is the viability of Piper guineense seed very short or can it remain viable for a couple of months?
John
Hilo, HI
You mean 1000ha field in Congo?