Author Topic: Mimusops maxima taste a bit like canistel. (Read 9217 times)

Mike T · « **on:** February 08, 2013, 04:24:27 AM »

I ate some Mimusops maxima today and they were quite nice.The taste is a bit like light fluffy canistel but with flesh less is less generous amounts.

Recher · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2013, 08:59:46 AM »

LOOK SIMILIAR TO COMMERSONII TO MEMORY

Soren · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2013, 09:29:08 AM »

A rare species in your area? It looks good from the appearance...

HMHausman · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2013, 09:31:45 AM »

Any pics of the inside? Thanks for posting.

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #4 on:** February 08, 2013, 10:20:09 AM »

Quote from: Recher on February 08, 2013, 08:59:46 AM

LOOK SIMILIAR TO COMMERSONII TO MEMORY

ya looks exactly like commersonii...

btw, I tasted mimusops caffra the other day, and it's surprisingly has a delayed bitterness that's horrible.
It tasted so nasty I thought my throat would swell shut, but nothing happened to me.

the tree is pretty though.

Mike T · « **Reply #5 on:** February 08, 2013, 07:51:29 PM »

The two species could be the same thing.There is not a vast amount of flesh and I was mistaken to say they taste a bit like canistel.They taste a lot like canistel.

fruitlovers · « **Reply #6 on:** February 08, 2013, 09:37:22 PM »

The accepted name is Mimusops balata, of which Mimusops maxima is a synonym.
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-128529
Mimusops comersonii is also a synonym of Mimusops balata. So all 3 of these refer to same plant.
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-128425

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #7 on:** February 08, 2013, 09:38:43 PM »

MIkeT

I found the fruits of M. commersonii to taste like pineapple and mashed potatoes.

not great, but I'd love to have some if I was starving. They're probably really good for you or something.

Maybe you have a better variety? sounds like it to me!

Mike T · « **Reply #8 on:** February 08, 2013, 09:47:37 PM »

I just raced off and ate some more and can't taste any pineapple or mash.They still taste like light and fluffy canistel.

fruitlovers · « **Reply #9 on:** February 08, 2013, 10:08:57 PM »

Quote from: Mike T on February 08, 2013, 09:47:37 PM

I just raced off and ate some more and can't taste any pineapple or mash.They still taste like light and fluffy canistel.

I ate some many years ago. As i recall they tasted like a very poor version of canistel, with a whole lot of seed and very little pulp.

FlyingFoxFruits · « **Reply #10 on:** February 08, 2013, 10:10:46 PM »

yours are larger than the ones I ate. I bet yours taste way better.

BMc · « **Reply #11 on:** February 08, 2013, 11:51:03 PM »

Wasn't someone in NQ referring to this one as 'Stilton cheese fruit'? Does it have a cheesy smell or texture? I'd be interested in hearing more about the tree if you know more....

Felipe · « **Reply #12 on:** February 09, 2013, 06:03:02 PM »

Mike, do you have some spare seeds? I would love try to grow this species

Mike T · « **Reply #13 on:** February 09, 2013, 09:38:36 PM »

Felipe I am scrambling for time now but I'll get some to you.Do you trade with Steven 'nearby'.

I ate most of the big grumis.Hang on I'll have a look because you asked about them before............

There is a few

Felipe · « **Reply #14 on:** February 10, 2013, 06:42:15 AM »

Quote from: fruitlovers on February 08, 2013, 09:37:22 PM

The accepted name is Mimusops balata, of which Mimusops maxima is a synonym.
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-128529
Mimusops comersonii is also a synonym of Mimusops balata. So all 3 of these refer to same plant.
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-128425

Thanks for pointing that out

Felipe · « **Reply #15 on:** February 10, 2013, 06:48:45 AM »

Thanks a lot Mike, I really appreciate! Regarding the grumis, you have a very good memory...

Steven? He is my macaronesian mate...

fruitlovers · « **Reply #16 on:** February 10, 2013, 05:39:54 PM »

Quote from: Felipe on February 10, 2013, 06:42:15 AM

Quote from: fruitlovers on February 08, 2013, 09:37:22 PM
The accepted name is Mimusops balata, of which Mimusops maxima is a synonym.
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-128529
Mimusops comersonii is also a synonym of Mimusops balata. So all 3 of these refer to same plant.
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-128425

Thanks for pointing that out

Welcome, but i was confused about this myself, thinking perhaps there were several different species involved. We have Mimusops balata here...and i thought getting M. commersonii i was getting something new and exciting.

red durian · « **Reply #17 on:** February 11, 2013, 05:17:19 AM »

This tree should have been on my forested land in Dominica, but all had been harvested for their lumber long ago... and no wonder, look at this beautiful heart wood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Logging_Bulletwood_Berbice-Guyana_JK.JPG

Mike T · « **Reply #18 on:** February 11, 2013, 05:24:09 AM »

From what has been related to me these fruit have a wide distribution across Indian Ocean islands and there is much variation between populations.Whether or not they get lumped or split the trees are similar.I had a few very large ones I should have pictured instead of a couple of standard fruits.I saw in published pics that they can also have quite small fruit.

Fruit trees with good timber quality are on a hiding to nothing.

fruitlovers · « **Reply #19 on:** February 11, 2013, 05:29:30 AM »

Quote from: red durian on February 11, 2013, 05:17:19 AM

This tree should have been on my forested land in Dominica, but all had been harvested for their lumber long ago... and no wonder, look at this beautiful heart wood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Logging_Bulletwood_Berbice-Guyana_JK.JPG

Manilkara bidentata, yet another synonym for the same plant: Mimusops balata. Turns out though that there are at least 6 varieties of Mimusops balata.

Mike T · « **Reply #20 on:** February 11, 2013, 05:02:51 PM »

The grower of the Mimusops emailed and told me that this selection has very large fruit and is a thick fleshed type of excellent flavor.This year the drought and high temps ruined them and they could not be used for tourist fruit tasting.Their development was arrested and they went ripe early.Golf ball size is too small and they should be much, much larger.

Ethan · « **Reply #21 on:** May 24, 2013, 01:30:24 PM »

Did we ever decide what the proper name of these beautiful fruits were?

Jackfruitwhisperer69 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 24, 2013, 03:08:26 PM »

Quote from: Felipe on February 10, 2013, 06:48:45 AM

Thanks a lot Mike, I really appreciate! Regarding the grumis, you have a very good memory...

Steven? He is my macaronesian mate...

murraystevena2 · « **Reply #23 on:** May 24, 2013, 05:01:16 PM »

I would also be interested in some seeds in the future if that is at all possible. I have 3 or 4 species of mimusaps that are small plants and one big spanish cherry. I have only tried the spanish cherry from plants fruiting in landscapes in southeast asia, and thought it was very astringent, but still enjoyable. I am also curious what your opinion of Black Apples and the other native sapotaceae growing in Queensland.

Ethan · « **Reply #24 on:** May 24, 2013, 11:50:41 PM »

I should have an extra Steven.

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