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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / Re: What is this basily plant?
« on: October 28, 2025, 12:26:17 AM »
Definitely not Tulsi.
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Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles / American groundnut or hopniss
« on: October 26, 2025, 03:07:47 AM »
Does anyone grow this plant? I would like to get some seeds/planting material.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Russel's Garcinia
« on: October 08, 2025, 07:34:34 AM »
Definitely ! It is an excellent fruit.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Russel's Garcinia
« on: October 06, 2025, 07:18:52 AM »
I cut the fruit and tasted it. It tastes like a not overly sweet mango, with a hint of sourness.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Russel's Garcinia
« on: September 27, 2025, 11:53:52 PM »
the fruit is 2.5 inches in dia.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Russel's Garcinia
« on: September 27, 2025, 06:08:44 AM »
Today I plucked the first fruit. Not fully ripe yet. I have kept it on the table to soften.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Need help ID'ing, Flacourtia ???
« on: September 21, 2025, 04:02:15 AM »
Julian, from your description of the fruit, it appears to be Flacourtia montana. I have an airlayer, which has not fruited, but I have eaten the fruits from the parent, which are very sweet.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Help with ID: Possible Achachairú (Garcinia humilis)?
« on: September 21, 2025, 03:49:20 AM »
Definitely Achachairu.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: diospyros texana fruit
« on: June 25, 2025, 01:08:51 AM »
My daughter lives in Spring, Texas. Where can I get a graft or seedling of D.texana ?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Garcinia kurzii/Garcinia speciosa
« on: June 24, 2025, 07:50:07 AM »
I recently happened to taste the fruits of this Garcinia. Even though this Garcinia has been merged with G.celebica, I found the fruit to be quite sweet, with a hint of sourness.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Luc's Garcinia recent discoveries
« on: June 16, 2025, 01:58:35 AM »
Kudos to you , my friend. I would like some seeds, when you have them.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Garcinia flowers
« on: May 27, 2025, 01:45:16 AM »
Bump. Anybody?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Russel's Garcinia
« on: May 27, 2025, 01:40:24 AM »
Atleast 3 years. Very slow growing, in my climate.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Russel's Garcinia
« on: May 18, 2025, 12:52:34 AM »
These are the first fruits on my Russel's Garcinia. I got the scions from 'Steve' in Aus. and grafted them on G.xanthocymus root stocks. One male and one female plants flowered this year and I hand pollinated the female flowers with the male ones.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Garcinia flowers
« on: May 18, 2025, 12:47:22 AM »
These are the male flowers on a plant grown from seeds, I received as G.malaccensis. Once the leaves matured on the plant, I
was sure that this was not G.malaccensis. I bought the seeds from a seller on this forum.
If anyone has seen flowers like this on a Garcinia, please be kind enough to let me know.
was sure that this was not G.malaccensis. I bought the seeds from a seller on this forum.
If anyone has seen flowers like this on a Garcinia, please be kind enough to let me know.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First fruits on my Luc's mangosteen
« on: March 10, 2025, 09:39:05 AM »
I envy you ! You have lots of fruits on yr tree!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First fruits on my Luc's mangosteen
« on: March 09, 2025, 01:59:26 AM »
On fruit turned yellow, and I plucked it, not taking any chances with the Macaques. I waited for it to turn soft and then I cut it with a knife. The skin is so thin and tough, that one needs a very sharp knife! And surprise! It is one of the best fruits I have eaten!!! Tastes like a good, ripe Mango!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First fruits on my Luc's mangosteen
« on: January 25, 2025, 02:25:35 AM »Congratulations! How large is the tree now? Would love to see a picture of the whole thingI will try to take a picture of the tree.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: First fruits on my Luc's mangosteen
« on: January 25, 2025, 02:24:18 AM »Awesome. Was it a seedling or grafted?It is a seedling.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bacupari ?
« on: January 24, 2025, 07:19:58 AM »
Long time ago I bought seeds from 'Trade Wind Fruits' called as Garcinia madruno. Only when the plants fruited, did I find out that they were G.intermedia!
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / First fruits on my Luc's mangosteen
« on: January 24, 2025, 05:23:41 AM »
Yesterday discovered two fruits on my Luc's mangosteen. I had planted this in the ground about 8 or 9 years ago, when it was about 4 ft tall.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bacupari ?
« on: January 18, 2025, 11:50:32 PM »
Thanks everybody. So what I have is G. intermedia !
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Bacupari ?
« on: January 18, 2025, 12:04:25 AM »Did he ever specify what species he thought it was? Bacupari is a name given to multiple different species in the genus, including g. intermedia. The fruit looks like lemon drop to meRaul called G.brasiliensis.
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Bacupari ?
« on: January 17, 2025, 12:27:33 AM »
This fruit is on a plant from seeds I received from Raul, as 'Bacupari'. The fruit is same size/slightly smaller than the fruits on my Garcinia intermedia. Sweetness is same as lemondrop. But the leaves are different/bigger. Is it really a different Garcinia?
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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Monstera borsigiana
« on: December 22, 2024, 01:26:42 AM »
Thank you. Since I found it growing on rocks, it must be Rhaphidophora pertusa.