Eugenia leitonii

[Tomas]

Hi,

Eugenia leitonii has never been talked about before on this forum. I would be very interested if anyone knows if the fruit is good in comparison with other Eugenia species. All I have is what Lorenzi wrote in Brazilian Fruits & Cultivated Exotics: "slightly sweet flavor, somewhat tannic". That book may not be correct all the time with the taste descriptions.

Tomas

[FlyingFoxFruits]

The tree is extremely ornamental ( the bark ).

The fruit is not that great I hear...it has large seeds.

[luc]

Large seeds so very little pulp , never tasted them but due to the info in Harry's book I never tried to get some .

I gave up trying to grow them all .

[Tomas]

Hi,

Alright. But I still haven't given up on this species. Somehow I will grow Eugenia leitonii and hope for variation in fruit quality, and with a little bit of luck I may end up with something sweet and nice.

Tomas

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Im certain you will find a nice one!

that's the spirit Tomas!

Eugenias are variable!

Hi,

Alright. But I still haven't given up on this species. Somehow I will grow Eugenia leitonii and hope for variation in fruit quality, and with a little bit of luck I may end up with something sweet and nice.

Tomas

[Soren]

Hi,

Alright. But I still haven't given up on this species. Somehow I will grow Eugenia leitonii and hope for variation in fruit quality, and with a little bit of luck I may end up with something sweet and nice.

Tomas

Hej Tomas; you mean getting seeds from different locations and cultivars? Let me know in 10-15 years how that went :-)

[manders]

has anyone tried the fruit yet? I just stumbled across this tree with the red bark and was wondering if it was worth getting?

[svennagel97]

There is a Eugenia species out there that resembles the leitonii in appearance but isn't scientifically described yet. So it's name is Eugenia ssp. leitonii at the moment. This species is supposed to be quite delicious and cold hardy as the Feijoa since it was found in the same part of brasil as Feijoa. I can't tell you about it's taste, since I have a nearly one year old plant. So far it's doing great for me. Really fast grower. In Brasil first flowers appear after 3 years. Maybe another person on this forum knows what I'm talking about and has already tasted this species.