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reminds me of pawpaw hunting in Ohio!

congrats on the nice fruits!

nice pics!

can you make the pic a little larger so I can see it on my 15 inch monitor?

Jaboticaba Momotaro new leaves







Red Hybrid jaboticaba new leaves

try to peel n eat, maybe the resin is mostly in the skin, im pretty sure it is, because the first bite and chew was nice, then as I got into the skin the resin really picked up the pace...

very similar yes thank you very much!

Is it this?
https://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=54014.0;topicseen
https://www.colecionandofrutas.com.br/eugeniaburkartiana.htm

Quote from: FlyingFoxFruits on May 29, 2025, 10:29:49 AM

no i have no idea

Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on May 28, 2025, 09:56:40 PM

Quote from: FlyingFoxFruits on May 28, 2025, 06:51:39 PM

mine turns out to be mislabeled, i hope someone didn’t distribute/sell a bunch to people on accident, or on purpose.  Thankfully the tree was gifted to me

not my favorite fruit, resinous flavor akin to suriname cherry

Adam, do you have any guesses as to what it is?
Still looks to be a pretty fruit.
The people who have fruited the Asa-Grayii say it is bland anyways?

no i have no idea

Quote from: FlyingFoxFruits on May 28, 2025, 06:51:39 PM

mine turns out to be mislabeled, i hope someone didn’t distribute/sell a bunch to people on accident, or on purpose.  Thankfully the tree was gifted to me

not my favorite fruit, resinous flavor akin to suriname cherry

Adam, do you have any guesses as to what it is?
Still looks to be a pretty fruit.
The people who have fruited the Asa-Grayii say it is bland anyways?

mine turns out to be mislabeled, i hope someone didn’t distribute/sell a bunch to people on accident, or on purpose.  Thankfully the tree was gifted to me

not my favorite fruit, resinous flavor akin to suriname cherry

i have been selling these as grafted trees, I messed up my labels because of some confusing emails i got from Jim years ago, where he offered me the similar looking Lindero madrono shortly after I had already got the squat.  I figured he changed the name to the local native name, but they are in fact two separate trees.  This was my fault for assuming they are the same.

I'm hoping the Lindero is more cold sensitive and dioecious...which would make the squat more valuable to me, even though Jim seems to think the flavor isn't impressive, you have to remember he is in the jungle with tons of varieties.  I think of the grower in the middle of nowhere in a greenhouse in the cold, getting to taste these would be a real treat.  Sour sweet, lemonade, delicious and beautiful fruits.  Texture like acuminata, somewhat firm.

I got the Squat type planted in 2019 around winter, so they only took about 5y to fruit, in a 15gal pot about 5ft tall.

the tree is much stronger when it comes to cold tolerance than the other garcinia i had from Jim, called madrono de monte or something...with temps of about 34F in the greenhouse, those all died out but one, and i sold the sole survivor to someone who lives in south FL with better chances of keeping it happy.

I recently harvested fruits from my Squat trees, and the flavor of the fruit in my opinion, is just like acuminata mixed with brasiliensis.  I really enjoy them, i just wish there was a bit more to eat.  I assume the size was small due to the fact my tree fruited over the winter and for the first time in a pot.  The pics Jim showed fruits quite a bit larger.

The fruit is very beautiful and bumpy yellow...you can not consume them too early, you must let them stay yellow then get soft on the tree...the skin is super bitter and unpalatable...which may be good to deter fruit pests like  raccoons and squirrels and rats.

here is a video of the tasting of the first fruits.  Pardon my mistake on the name.  Thanks Alastair Williams for pointing out this discrepancy.

https://youtu.be/IDa2hYClwos?si=m7csv6tFAoVZZbIO

26grams was the largest fruit i weighed but some may have been bigger....here is the largest crop and the largest fruit i have ever seen on Grimal, maybe larger than Paulista?

https://youtu.be/KjLk-uu53yg?si=T0iduwz7sz9IAkeN

https://www.instagram.com/p/DJmXcZDNwVv/

u got one, nice!

from a seed order here? or your stock?

a lot of mine setting now for first time, and i have like 100 seedlings, they are super variable looking.

i got variegated mango it has the little white scales on it, i'm almost about to spraypaint the trunk.

what i believe to be a polyploid hybrid Plinia, it sometimes grows 3 leaves instead of 2, the leaf arrangement is opposite and whorled, not just opposite as a normal Plinia.

the fruit very hard and need much time to ripen, i haven’t tested them for full ripeness because I don’t want animals stealing them.  The fruit have all been quite small and basically seedless with aborted seeds, the flavor is excellent, but so far not much pulp to consume, and the skin is thick bitter like grimal

the tree is quite stunning, hopefully the fruit quality improves with age, this is the first fruiting.


heres some pics

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIEvqNwuyfX/?igsh=MTY3Mnp6OXRhbTBoNw==

https://www.facebook.com/100067798840581/posts/pfbid02972vB2L7VffvhYHaqcgCdMPsVo9YdoQGrCR9dzynwAKpqzn74ap5Pqs5zMRZoRA1l/?app=fbl