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Tropical Fruit Discussion / another precocious Eugenia - sp. "Pitangão Amarelo da Unicamp"
« on: March 09, 2024, 06:53:26 PM »
Anybody else get this from BellamyTrees or AndersonTropicals when it showed up in 2022? I bought two seeds from Kameron in Aug2022, both sprouted into healthy trees and are now pushing their first flower buds. 18mo from seed to flowering is pretty quick. They both have long spindly growth with the longest branches about 3ft, but not bushy at all. I figure I will paintbrush cross-pollinate them to boost fruiting odds and if I'm lucky get to try the fruit this season
There's a thread with some more info on this, I guess there was some argument about it being Burkartiana vs this type. https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=53455.0
I'll post some more updates if these flowers turn into fruit.
seller description is:
Both of my trees look like this now:
Here's the seller fruit photo:
There's a thread with some more info on this, I guess there was some argument about it being Burkartiana vs this type. https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=53455.0
I'll post some more updates if these flowers turn into fruit.
seller description is:
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"Eugenia sp. "Pitangão Amarelo da Unicamp" is a small tree that is native to the understory of the Semideciduous Seasonal Forest, Ombrophylous Forest, and Mixed Ombrophylous Forest in Brazil. It can reach a height of 3-5 meters in the semideciduous forest and 10 meters in the rainforest.
The fruit is very tasty and resembles the taste of Acerola, but sweeter and more pleasant; has a great amount of pulp that can be used to make juices, ice cream, and jellies. The tree is small and can be cultivated as an ornamental, to attract bees, birds, and wild animals. Fruiting occurs from October to November."
Both of my trees look like this now:
Here's the seller fruit photo: