The Tropical Fruit Forum

If you have questions about an order you made it really helps to give some full information about it. I get PM's all the time with only your first name, no order number, no date when order was made, nothing about what was ordered. For example, "Hi my name is John, i made an order a few weeks ago, can you tell me the status?" In my case all orders are filed by last name, so this makes it really impossible to trace your order. Many companies use order numbers for filing. So if you want to save a lot of back and forth for yourself, and also for the company you are dealing with, please give complete information. Please realize also that i'm dealing with lots of customers so can't remember all the specifics about your specific order, needs, or your past inquiries. So it's also good, if you can, to include any past threads about your inquiries.

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Got to taste the Ndea fruit today, a fruit originally from Africa, and a new fruit to Hawaii. The seeds were originally distributed through CRFG, and came originally from Roy Danforth and Paul Noren's project in the Congo There were 2 fruits distributed by them with the name Ndea, this one and also Sarcocephalus xanthoxylon, also called Nauclea xanthoxylon. The latifolius is from dryland areas and is much better tasting. The xanthoxylon is from wet swampy areas and does not have much taste.
The fruit I just got to taste was a lot bigger fruit than i expected, a little bigger than a baseball. It has a very attractive ruby red color inside. The taste is mildly sweet with a crunchy texture. There is also a very mild bitterness, and some background herbal taste. Some think it tastes and smells like strawberry, but i did not find that to be the case. It has a nice complicated taste but generally mild tasting and not very juicy. I tasted it both with skin and without the skin. I think it was better to eat it with skin and all, it added to the complexity of the taste. According to the person i got it from the difficulty in growing this fruit is that it does not usually ripen well in our rainy area. This is the first year he was able to get well ripened fruits. So i think this fruit is more suited for drier areas like Kona, or on our east side better along the seashore where rainfall is a lot lighter. The tree this fruit came from is located in Puna at about 950 feet where it is quite rainy year round. It is a low growing tree but quite wide, umbrella shaped. The flowers are attractive also. It flowers several times a year. I will try to add this to my seed offerings soon. The seeds are very tiny, much smaller than the seeds of a strawberry.

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http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180821-are-forgotten-crops-the-future-of-food

http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018/05/27/hawaii-news/big-island-agriculture-hit-hard-by-vog/

This is in a one gallon pot. Seeds were untreated but took several months to germinate.

Here are some fruits i just harvested. Starting from left:
Apple bananas (aka Brazilian banana), Phillippine Pointed eggfruit, Mini durians (probably seedling Pong Maneee), mangosteens,  R9 rambutan, R156 yellow rambutan, Monthong durian,.

Here are some seeds i brought back from Brazil that i have available for sale. All are limited in quantity and first come first served. Please PM me if interested.
Bakuri (Platonia insignis) $6 each   SOLD OUT
Beach Cambuca (Myrciaria strigipes) $3 each
Escarlate Hybrid Jaboticaba $3 each
Non Astringent Cashew fruit, makes excellent juice, $5 each
Minimum purchase $10, plus s&h.
Will try to add photos later.