Great photos Carlos, how is the taste, flesh seed ratio and we need some closeup on the seeds as well

Ive never had good luck growing chempadek seedlings always decline and die

Still in the polythene planting bags right?

Fake - these are completely different from Annondium mannii seeds, which are large, not-shiny, oval and flattened - sorry.!

Sour?

Quote from: Soren on February 07, 2015, 04:05:14 AM

Eugenia dysenterica

Does involve any effects like the name implies??

Not from the single fruit I tasted - hopefully most of the flowers will get pollinated this year 

Quote from: ASaffron on February 04, 2015, 01:31:24 AM

Right,  that's why I reposted it, because he was calling it mucosa but  it fit the description of the deliciosa fruits that you and mike described.

My guess is mucosa and deliciosa are pretty much the same thing...or almost impossible to discern

Hi Adam, as far as taxonomists are concerned you are right, and deliciosa is just a synonym for mucosa. But i have a strong hunch that there are big differences. There are books that describe deliciosa as being able to take long river flooding (see for example the book Amazon River Fruits by Nigel Smith). Forum members here reported that their plants die easily after flooding (for example Soren). There are reports in books that deliciosa is very sensitive to cold snaps. Members here, like yourself and Ed, report they are fairly hardy. It seems to me that there are at least 2 races, sub species, or whatever you want to call them. One originates in Amazon, is flood resistant, not very cold tolerant, and is usually called deliciosa. The other one is from the Caribbean. It's possible that this one was originally introduced from Amazon very long ago and adapted to new climate, (in the 1500's according to the book: History and Distribution of Native Fruits of the Neotropics (Historia y Dispersión de los Frutales Nativos del Neotrópico)  by famous Colombian botanist Patino Rodriguez.) The one from the Caribbean, is not flood tolerant, and is more cold hardy, and is usually called mucosa. Also it seems the smooth ones are mostly or perhaps exclusively from Amazon, and the rougher tipped ones from Caribbean. There are types i'm sure where these two races have crossed. I've posted about this way before, but thought i'd rehash it here for whatever it's worth.

Oscar; yes my guess is also there are a large genetic diversity within this species; there could be done some genetic mapping on this species which we are not aware of as the reason for merging them, but the original holotypes used when describing them as (separate) species could be helpful.

Out of curiosity, how long do these plants take to fruit? They look awesomre!

Here in Uganda they flower within 18months. Fruits starts dark red and ripe light red. They are back in season so let me try and get some and open for the sake of the photo.  Pulp is white with black seeds.

Just for a heads up, these trees don't appreciate tap water that much. Try to stick to rain water or similar water.

I got two 1m seedlings getting tap water regularly without any problems.

I gotta say, that biriba is almost as ugly as the fingernail...

I agree - Annona mucosa cv 'Dorgon' ?

...Adam - love your stylish nails and ring; perhaps a gimmick for the next grafting video.?

Dear Dada,
Please describe the taste and native area of this species?

It seems that the seeds they sell are from Cameroon.Is there anyone in here selling seeds from a good quaility fruit ?

In Cameroon it is not consumed by humans....

Eric Wirsiy from Cameroun got his first ripe fruit of a seedling cv Arusha off the tree I gave him when he visited Uganda a few years back, and he gave me this feedback;

"We ate it yesterday evening. I almost lost it as it got ripe on the tree. Very sweet with about 20 seeds. It was enough for three".

The credit for the photo is his.