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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Garcinia intermedia
« on: January 31, 2017, 09:11:36 PM »
The other day I bought a Garcinia madruno, or so the label said. What was on the label was:
"Garcinia madruno is well adapted to a wide variety of soils, tolerating even poor soils or heavy clay. It is a slow grower and takes about 5 to 7 years to fruit. When young it must be protected from frosts and it will not fruit in cold areas".
The label was really faded so I don't doubt the plant's been in that pot for 5 to 7 years. It was root bound and it was fruiting. The photo showed 3 fruit, ellipsoid (elongated), yellow and possibly rough skin surface. The photo had deteriorated so not sure on the skin texture.
The fruit on the plant were spherical and fairly small. I thought they might grow out and become ellipsoid, perhaps. But one fell off so I assumed it was ripe, it was still completely spherical. I tasted it, had a citrusy flavour with a hint of bitterness. Only one large seed inside, the skin was leathery but relatively thin
Not much on the internet about G. madruno but appears it is dioecious which I never realised when I bought mine. At the nursery only 2 of the plants had fruit and although I never looked for it, I don't recall any of the non fruiting plants having male flowers, or even withered remains of them.
There's photos below, can anyone throw some light on this? Is this really G. madruno and if not what else might it be? Thanks.
"Garcinia madruno is well adapted to a wide variety of soils, tolerating even poor soils or heavy clay. It is a slow grower and takes about 5 to 7 years to fruit. When young it must be protected from frosts and it will not fruit in cold areas".
The label was really faded so I don't doubt the plant's been in that pot for 5 to 7 years. It was root bound and it was fruiting. The photo showed 3 fruit, ellipsoid (elongated), yellow and possibly rough skin surface. The photo had deteriorated so not sure on the skin texture.
The fruit on the plant were spherical and fairly small. I thought they might grow out and become ellipsoid, perhaps. But one fell off so I assumed it was ripe, it was still completely spherical. I tasted it, had a citrusy flavour with a hint of bitterness. Only one large seed inside, the skin was leathery but relatively thin
Not much on the internet about G. madruno but appears it is dioecious which I never realised when I bought mine. At the nursery only 2 of the plants had fruit and although I never looked for it, I don't recall any of the non fruiting plants having male flowers, or even withered remains of them.
There's photos below, can anyone throw some light on this? Is this really G. madruno and if not what else might it be? Thanks.