The Tropical Fruit Forum

If Thailand has around 200 or more named varieties, monthong and chanee would be 70% of what is cultivated and gaan yeow would be the next most popular.  The name means long stem. The next most planted is kradum tong and all 4 of these seem to have many variations and I am guessing due to seedling trees that retain the name. The top 3 are good by any measure, but try a gumpun or luang and figure why these great varieties are not planted extensively.

It looks like mulchis are up 10m and clausa about the same in the wild. Shawi maybe be bigger. My giant mulchi at around 8 yo is still very small and slow growing, clausa has also been painfully slow as has shawi. Does anyone have these fruiting from seeds they planted?

Heya thanks Jab I didn't hear that and I am surprised. I knew it was messy and genetic affiliations were not well reflected in the taxonomy. I suspect this group is a recent radiation unlike say Garcinia and that genera splitting more than what usual genetic separation may have gone down. I better sus this out. Genetic relatedness is a pretty good indicator of grafting compatibility.

A lack of relatedness even when apparently successful runs a high risk of delayed incompatibility. Marcots are so easy and pretty expendable. If these can't make it in challenging circumstances I wonder how much better a grafted plant even on a resilient rootstock would be.

I am surprised these 2 species could cross and I wonder if the real father has been confirmed beyond reasonable doubt.

I have another tree with a single flower after recovering from insect attack. It looks like I have 2 hermaphrodites, a female jumbo, a female standard, a male and a jumbo yet to reveal its sex.

Hopefully some success in Hawaii will be reported on here before too long. They have dispersed a bit more in northern Queensland since those days. Our initial enthusiasm hasn't been matched by the speed of how long it's taking to try them out in southern Florida.
In the early days of the forum there was excitement in showcasing new fruits and new varieties. I did get some pleasure in telling my American chums, "you call that an abiu" or telling them they can't be serious about their lychees or starapples. Quite a few people brought eye popping fruit to the table like Raul with the Mexican Garcinia.
The good news is there are plenty more new discoveries or at least winners to us that deserve air time that are likely to out there. In the wild in Latin america or indonesia or on a farm in Mexico or Queensland would be good places to look.

Yes I did grow that type before and I thought fruit was too poor once the excitement of the foliage colour had passed.

Are we talking red fleshed or red foliaged? The red and purple foliaged types usually make great mulch.

They are mostly Syzygiums from my local area and there are plenty more.

We have to throw rocks at the pests and I wear long sleeves all the time as there is no right to bare arms. Luckily your 2nd amendment is just an amendment like what prohibition was.

K, Ca and Mg do not get along and in fact are antagonistic if one of these is over applied or excessive.