You have to remove the flower bracts? one by one until they  are pale yellow. The maroon ones are very astringent and bitter. Once you arrive at the pale yellow, you should cut it into thin slices of 1/8 th inch thick. Then you saute it with some chopped chillies, garlic and ginger, with necessary salt and water. Cook on a low flame for about 10 minutes. Season it with mustard, chopped dry chillies and curry leaves in a little oil.

Dear friends, Sorry for not replying earlier, but I live in a place where i cannot get an internet connection. So I have to wait till I come to my Home in Calicut. The fruit is on a seedling tree I bought from a nursery about six years ago. I had bought two seedlings and the fruits  on both the trees are sweet. The fruits are quite sweet!! I got 10 fruits from one tree and 2 fruits from the other. But I got only 6 seeds! May be next year I will have a better crop, with seeds to spare.Chandramohan.

The plant is called 'Ankolam' in Malayalam and has medicinal properties.

Thanks everybody. I have two more in the ground. I straightened out mine after the second set of leaves came out skewed, by tying it to a post planted close to the stem. I had stopped making grafts, after all the information on the Internet saying it would be still about 9 years before fruiting. Now I am going to graft more seedlings!!

The nearest plant that I know of is about 30 kms away.

Mike, Could you please tell me how much GA3 to use on different Annonas? Thanks.

Thanks everybody.The seedlings are growing in plastic bags of 1.5 gal, in potting soil containing coir pith. The temp here during the day goes up to 91 o F for the past almost one month, and night time temp is around 80 o F. Since it is very dry here I have been watering the seedlings every day. I have not used any fertilizer yet. I am attaching photos taken yesterday.

Photo of Elaeagnus latifolia collected from the wild.

The fruits are almost ripe,maybe another week. But the birds and bats will be at it soon.

This sapotaecea is better than Mimusops elangi. The fruits are sweet and of a good flavour. The flowers, when they open are full of nectar and very sweet.

I normally use a 1% suspension, containing 1 kg of CuSO4, 1 kg of lime and 100 lts of water. The suspension must be freshly prepared, with sufficient 'sticker' and sprayed.

I do not know whether this is the right forum to post my question, but I happened to buy 'Carolina Reaper' and 'Datil' seeds from 'Seeds Direct". These are the Chilis I have on my plants. I think I have been taken for a ride.