The Tropical Fruit Forum

does CA stand for custard apple?

is red rover an edulis cultivar?

So what are yalls favorite variety? I think mine is sitebel and chanee close second. Not a big fan of bitter flavor.

I was wondering if there was any wildlife that pollinates durian outside of its native range. Has anyone observed anything like that in Central America or anywhere else besides Southeast Asia?

EDIT: After some googling I have found this https://tropicalstudies.org/rbt/attachments/volumes/vol17-2/03-Baker-Bats.pdf

"A single tree of this species, planted in the botanical garden of the Tela Railroad Company at Lancetilla, Honduras, was watched for four hours after dusk on July 15, 1968. Photographs were taken of visitors to the flowers as they could be perceived dimly silhouetted against the sky. There was no evidence that the flash was disturbing to the visitors which never spent more than two or three seconds at the flowers. Figs. 1-5 show that the visitors were one species of bat and one species of hawkmoth, respectively. This is not the first time that these two kinds of animals have been seen to be attracted to (and photographed on) the same flowers (cf. Kigelia africana Benth., Bignoniaceae, in Ghana, HARRIS and BAKER, 15), but it is of interest in once again challenging the popular belief that it is only sweet smells which are attractive to moths.

It is clear that  the microchiropteran pictured in Figs. 1-4 is capable of carrying pollen from one flower to another for its head is liberally dusted with the abundant Durio pollen. It would seem  that cross-pollination with another tree is necessary for fruit-setting, however, because the isolated tree at Lancetilla has not been known to set fruit.

The hawkmoth also appears capable of cross pollination, for small masses of pollen may be seen (Fig. 5) adhering to the extended proboscis of the moth as it approaches a fresh group of flowers.

Visits by the bats were less frequent than might have been expected if the flowers provided their whole food supply for the night. Thus, intervals of as much as 20 minutes occurred during which no bat activity could be detected in the vicinity of the tree. It is probable that in this case, as in others studied by me elsewhere in tropical America, these microchiropterous bats were engaged in hawking for insects between their very brief visits to the flowers to lap nectar. Before it is concluded that this reduces their efficiency as cross-pollinators, how­ever, it should be considered that this behavior may lead to a higher proportion of pollen transfers from one tree to another than the more concentrated attack upon one tree at a time which megachiropterans may make in the Old World."

I'm having the same problem on my fingerlime tree.

@Gogu if you read this, I am curious to know which steps you took and how well it went.

@Millet I was planning to spray neem oil on my tree. Should I spray pure oil, or should I dilude it?

sorry for the late reply. i moved it into my shower and washed it in there and it solved the problem.

Quote from: Gogu on January 21, 2020, 04:44:19 AM

i meant in my case i cant because its on the balcony of my apartment

Does your place have big rain?  Can use water wash it during the rain?

there is a ceiling above that covers the whole balcony.

Tree #1


Tree #2


Their proximity to each other


Size of trunk compared to 20oz gatorade bottle (both are similar)


Flower

Not of fan of star apples personally. Same with abiu albeit abiu is a bit better. The flavor is just boring to me. The sticky skin is also annoying. I think if you like persimmons you might like star apples and abiu.

A large seedling was offered here for $1,000 a few years ago.
Haven’t heard an updated report on anyone growing them in years.
I suspect that many do not make it.
How are the Hawaii A. Manni plant outs looking though or was anyone on it?

There are a couple of large trees at Frankie's nursery. No flowers or fruit have been seen on the trees yet. I can take pictures if interested.

EDIT: It has flowered before, but no fruit.

The best soursop is a perfect balance of sweet and acidic, and the flavor is intensely tropical.  Maybe it's too much work for some, but I've always put the pulp through a strainer to remove the cottony fiber, which I don't enjoy.  I know sapodilla is very sweet, but what other fruit has a caramel/butterscotch flavor?  It blends well with other fruits in smoothies, too.

abiu

I have only tasted murta jaboticaba. I prefer grumichama by a lot.

1. Some tropical land to grow on.
2. That's all really.

i always imagined that pawpaw would have some tang to it. especially with the mango comparisons.