wani scions - long shot

[mannadiars]

anyone growing Mangifera caesia and have some scions? do they graft onto an Indica?

[Jaboticaba45]

I have a small caesia...NFS though.
will be a while until someone has scions...but maybe someone in HI has a larger plant.

[Bush2Beach]

Still somehow not quite available. Amazing this hasn’t got out and grafted on Indica somewhere from 10+ years ago. I haven’t seen or heard of a fruiter in any of the 50 or “territories “.

[mannadiars]

I see a lot of ebay sellers wanting $$$ for seeds....where did you get yours? Hows the growth pattern?

[Jaboticaba45]

I see a lot of ebay sellers wanting $$$ for seeds....where did you get yours? Hows the growth pattern?

Growth pattern is stable like any other mango. Pretty easy to grow. Can't take freezes. I've killed on before
I don't know of anyone selling any right now. Got it in a trade.

[PK]

not able to graft on Majifera Indica, but 50% chance to graft it on Majifera Kasturi

[ben mango]

I ate a sweet one in borneo, previous years I ate a funky tasting one, not sweet. my verdict is that it’s good but is it worth all the hype? Not really. It does seem fiberless but the taste is somewhere between a pear and a soursop. It’s good, it’s just not THAT good imho but taste is subjective and some people might decide it’s in their top 5. Still worth planting but not sure if it lives up to the hype.

[DurianLover]

There was a movie I saw many years professor Richard Campbell traveling from Bali to Miami to graft these. As soon as he landed in Miami he went straight to grafting within few hours. All grafts were unsuccessful. And not compatible with Indica. He knew it. So, he had Wani seedlings from somewhere first.

I buy them every week, but not very big fan of it. It's just nice to taste something different and unique time after time. They are very variable. So, grafting is recommended for good quality.

Actually this thread prompted me to research where grafted trees are  available in Bali. I think I found the source but details of location are a bit murky. I think I'll go and look for a place. 

"One of the most specific cultivars and has great potential to be developed is Wani Ngumpen or often called Wani without seeds. It is called seedless wani because 90% of the total fruit does not have seeds. The marketing prospects for Wani Ngumpen fruit are very promising because the fruit is seedless, the flesh is thick, the taste is very good with a distinctive taste, and the price is 3 times more expensive than the price of other cultivars"

[ben mango]

Ya they really seemed to make you think it was something special. The thing I liked the most about it was the fact I think that it was fiberless and pretty much melts in your mouth , the texture has a lot going for it compared to other mangifera species which are quite fibrous

[DurianLover]

Ya they really seemed to make you think it was something special. The thing I liked the most about it was the fact I think that it was fiberless and pretty much melts in your mouth , the texture has a lot going for it compared to other mangifera species which are quite fibrous

Than you probably had something else, not Wani. You have pictures of a fruit from Borneo? Because Wani has lots of fiber clinging to a seed. And seeds are very big.

[ben mango]

 the fruit was already cut and packaged. I liked it enough to eat it once but wouldn’t have bought more. It had to be m. Caesia. What else could it have been? It may not have been exact flavor profile as Bali wani but I would have bet that it was very close. 2 types of m. Caesia in Borneo. The green one is supposed to be the sweet one and the brown skinned ones are the funky tasting one.

[DurianLover]

the fruit was already cut and packaged. I liked it enough to eat it once but wouldn’t have bought more. It had to be m. Caesia. What else could it have been? It may not have been exact flavor profile as Bali wani but I would have bet that it was very close. 2 types of m. Caesia in Borneo. The green one is supposed to be the sweet one and the brown skinned ones are the funky tasting one.

It was Wani than. Near skin is fiberless. But fiber starts soon after. My lady sometimes brings me fruit plate, and there are Wani cubes. They are always fibreless. Have no idea how she does it, need to ask to show me how to cut. Because if you eat regular way just by sinking teeth into a fruit, you will feel fiber.

[ben mango]

Interesting. That was found in Nabalu roadside fruit stand btw. I didn’t come across m. Caesia once in Kota kinabalu. Only in the smaller towns outside of the city. Kundasang, down the road is also a very fruit rich area with many fruit and durian stalls when in season.