Mike

I am happy you said that.......the number of species they have located in the middle of nowhere land in Cameroon that are endemic to Brazil is absolutely amazing.  Gondwana.   Or escaped seed.

Hi All

Collected yesterday were fresh seeds of the following, including the ultra rare (nonedible fruit though) Pararistolochia goldieana, largest flowering vine in Africa. Took way over 1 year to locate.

Contact Wirisy at foresthousecam@gmail.com

Pararistolochia goldieana $3 per seed
Cola flaviflora $2.50 per seed
Inga preussii $2.00 per seed
Treculia Africana $1.50 per seed

Pararistolochia goldieana





Inga preussii



Some other interesting pics which are available when in season:

Cola preussii



Unknown cauliflorous species



Napoleonaea vogelii

Species location below is from Zimbabwe, strange rhizome Annona species which dies off and reshoots.

Piptostigma sp







Leptonychia pallida









Oyster Nut



Monodora angolensis fruit

Diospyros preussii





Maesobotrya barteri





Lasimorpha senegalensis‏





Caloncoba welwitschii



Trichoscypha acuminata

Hi,
the diospyros look like Diospyros kamerunensis (bong-afoum).

Thanks Bud.....you are probably right.

Uvariodendron connivens:

The seeds are used locally in Cameroon to treat a cough; the pulp is quite sweet.

Hey Soren

Actually good question. Apparently the cauliflorous Diospyros hadn't been seen before by the collector, but I wll check for you and see if he tasted it.

Oncoba sp, not much is known on this species, other than its cauliflorous. I know that some Oncoba species pulp is edible, not sure on this one, but will check for you also.

Diospyros sp (Cauliflorous) possibly Diospyros manni (undetermined)

Price as above.

Hi Guanabanus

The 6 Annonaceae species details at present is as below:

Annonidium manni        Currently a field trip underway
Monodora brevipes        Sporatic fruiting (sourcing fruit now)
Monodora myristica       "
Monodora crispata         "
Xylopia aethicopicta      Currently not in fruit
Duguetia staudtii          Currently a field trip underway.

There is a further couple of species which are endemic to Cameroon they include Duguetia barteri & Duguetia confine.

There are also a few species of Uvariopsis & Uvariastrum, as well as Isolona.

Anything new that comes in will be notified.

Hi Oscar

Sorry this is my 3 time to get the size right...see if you can read it now?

Forest House is a startup company thats a subsidiary of CENDEP,  most likely nothing has been added or amended on CENDEPs site.

However just to make sure everything is legit and people feel comfortable please send a quick email to CENDEPs contact email from their website and please post to say all is correct oncce you have a response.

Cheers

Troy

Hi Soren

Thank you for your reply and interest.  I really do not know what else I could have said to introduce myself I think its pretty straight forward enough, but sorry.

The company is a cooperative with other African countries including Tanzania, Uganda, Gabon, Kenya & Zimbabwe and works with poor farming communities to introduce analogue farming and sustainability, includes workshops, training and to encourage ways for villages and farmers to be self sufficient and generate income.

No, I do not know anybody from this forum and no I do not know anybody from a Yahoo forum.

Seeds have been sent to numerous people in the past, but nobody from this forum.  Unfortunately much habitate loss has been occuring and thus many species are becoming extremelly vulnerable. Thus trees of these species have been propergated and depending on the season seeds will become available to help increase income for those who need it most. It also gives the wider international community the opportunity to grow some of these species, on the off chance they are no longer around in 10-20 years time.

Are you interested in any species inparticular Soren? Wouldn't you have a few of these species yourself as the range is quite large on some of these species. Particularly the Monodoras & Xylopias.

I will check on a website for you, but as you know most companies in Africa do not have the funds for websites, and or internet access.