Nice dwarf mulchi harvest

[Finca La Isla]

Tasty small fruit from a cute, small tree that tolerates shade. While I was harvesting some of the fruits this morning a red poison dart frog cruised through and you can see him in one of the photos.
Peter

[Finca La Isla]

My spell correct!!?!  Not a mulberry but a mulchi, dwarf mulchi, a plinia.

[sc4001992]

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[Finca La Isla]

I don’t see how to do that.

[murahilin]

I don’t see how to do that.

I fixed it for you. I wasn’t sure if you had the “modify” button or not.

[TropicalFruitHunters]

Very nice!  Loaded.  How long did it take for the tree to first fruit?  Was hoping I could acquire this here in Thailand, but no luck so far.

[Finca La Isla]

Thanks Murahilin!

I got dwarf mulchi from Jim West years ago. It’s from Ecuador although now I’m told that it occurs in Costa Rica as well!  It’s a super cute little tree that will tolerate shade. We like the sweet fruits and share them around. I think they would take about 4 years to bare on average. For a plinia that’s pretty good. I’ve been waiting about 15 years on the large mulchi and so far, nada.
Peter

[fliptop]

Very cool poison dart frog!

[Pneuma]

what a beautiful tree and Frog
Do you have any pics of the 15yr old mulchi that hasnt fruited ?
thanks for sharing

[Fruitguy]

Beautiful looking tree Peter! Frog is cute as well!

Is taste of the fruit purely sweet or does it have other flavor profiles as well? Put another way, does it taste similar to anything else you have tried?

Thank you.

[Finca La Isla]

Taste of the dwarf mulchi. The pulp is very soft and the taste to me is kind of like a pineapple that is neither acidic or super sweet.
Peter

[Finca La Isla]

So these are a couple of photos of a 15 year old mulchi that still has not flowered.
Peter

[Colin]

So these are a couple of photos of a 15 year old mulchi that still has not flowered.
Peter

Sorry to resurrect an old thread. I am curious, has your Mulchi has flowered yet?

[Finca La Isla]

No, the tree looks alright except that it still has not flowered.  Mulchi has a reputation for slow and id put it there with Langsat seedlings as among the very slowest to fruit.
Peter