Red Sapote (Timonius minahasae)

[SplorKeLZ]

i saw this on anderson tropicals, but it was sold out by the time I saw it. i remember a topic about this came up a few months ago, is anyone growing it?

[Jaboticaba45]

Super new rare species looking like a tomato😂
Don’t think so
A friend I have is growing in Europe but still small plants.
Would be very ultra tropical

[TropicalFruitSeeker]

Bellamy just put up seeds for this one!

[blackb0x]

Was gonna grab some but Exoteninsel claims the germination rate of seeds is pretty low (although they have a vested interest since they were selling plants): https://www.exoteninsel.com/Red-Sapote-maybe-Timonius-minahassae-1-small-potted-plant-1-kleine-getopfte-Pflanze/EI10945

[SplorKeLZ]

Was gonna grab some but Exoteninsel claims the germination rate of seeds is pretty low (although they have a vested interest since they were selling plants): https://www.exoteninsel.com/Red-Sapote-maybe-Timonius-minahassae-1-small-potted-plant-1-kleine-getopfte-Pflanze/EI10945

i bought a few, hope they were wrong…

[TropicalFruitSeeker]

I'm on the fence because the both have similar pictures, no data on how big they get or if they are diecious. Don't want to have only 1 grow to end up not self fertile. But we'll see from other peoples experiences!

[Mango Stein]

i saw this on anderson tropicals, but it was sold out by the time I saw it. i remember a topic about this came up a few months ago, is anyone growing it?

Well yes there was a thread in September 2024. Not sure why you couldn't use the search function and find it. https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=56365

I would implore people to stop calling this a sapote. It's not in the Sapotaceae family nor is it from the Americas.

[gardenGnostic]

I would implore people to stop calling this a sapote. It's not in the Sapotaceae family nor is it from the Americas.

What's wrong with calling it that? Common names are always a bit of a free for all. That's what we have scientific names for, right?

[Mike T]

It collides regional irrational naming with taxonomic nonsense with common name and squares the confusion. New Guinea has about 80 species in this genus. The word sapote is a recipe for confusion.

[sc4001992]

I got some seeds, will be growing it this year.

[Kamado]

Hello
I ate this fruit. And I wrote a review in the facebook group and a new topic on this forum.

[Pademelon1]

Thanks for your review!

You mention it is also called 'Lompi'? I think that's a better name than red sapote.

[SplorKeLZ]

Thanks for your review!

You mention it is also called 'Lompi'? I think that's a better name than red sapote.

definatly, we dont need another sapote 

[Kamado]

I don't know what name to call this fruit, but locals seem to call it Lompi.

[Nick C]

Seedling just broke surface on this one