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I think that I have one of these from when Jim stayed here quite some time ago. It’s never fruited as of yet. Like some of the stuff I got from him I’m not so sure that it wants to be at sea level. I’m thinking the same about Bactris setulosa.Gustavia superba shown here is around here although I prefer gustavia ”superba” is hard to tell when ripe.
Does anyone have gustavia superba in production?
Peter
I've heard that this Gustavia macarenensis "must be eaten at the correct stage of ripeness. If you eat it on Tuesday it is under-ripe, hard and tasteless. If you eat it on Thursday it is overripe with a foul odor and taste. On Wednesday it is a great fruit, rich and oily.", from Jim West.
Heard that is one of the better tasting of the gustavias.
Do you eat it out of hand, cook it?
This is interesting. I have no experience with rooting cuttings but do not the tree is virtually impervious to drought even in a pot. Many have survived my neglect. However a rooted cutting may not convey the same tolerance and absent a tap root, trees can be very susceptible to wind damage. Keeping a rooted cutting tree small would likely be better.
I wish you good luck!
For future introduction i recommend you rather importing seeds, at least some species, because seeds is less work, much cheaper and you will have higher success. Some plants you can keep as seedlings, because they won't take too many years to fruit and the fruit quality will be ok (ross zapote, caimito, jaboticaba, etc). But you could later also import budwood and use your seedlings as rootstock.
Other plants which are difficult to graft, or the scions are very perishable, i would also suggest to import the whole grafted plant (mamey, sapodilla, etc.). From my experience, I think regarding mamey and sapodilla maybe 1 of 12 scions imported from US did make it. If i had the chance i would have rather imported the plants.
In Ecuador we have various cecropia, 10m a year seems possible, typical would be 5 meters from seedling etc. there are some other weed trees that can show similar growth also. 6-10 meters a year is not unusual fr9m weed trees.
That's amazing; the only other (non-bamboo) plant I'm aware of that can grow like that is moringa, and that's even impressive for moringa.
Any other "weed trees" that have fruit / appearance that might make them worthy of growing?