The Tropical Fruit Forum

I'm looking for the best commercial papayas out there without the off-taste of vomit 

There were plenty of fruits on my two soursop trees from the Arusha selection this season, and because of the rainy weather they keep flowering with more emerging fruits. The smaller tree had around 60-65 fruits - and a few were consumed by the mouse birds. They are relatively sweet and with less fiber than other fruits I have tried.
Seeds are available for trade.!

I can add that my friend Wirsiy Fondzenyuy from Cameroon got 34 fruits in the second season from a seedling of mine - so it also performs well in other locations than East Africa.

I'm cutting down a big avocado tree which in the corner between my wall and house - it was just too big and shading out too much. Any suggestions for the replacement; should be a fruit-tree with a light shade 5-7m tall - monoecious.?

It is always a pleasure to try a new fruit - and today I tasted Eugenia dysenterica for the first time.!



The fruit was fairly large with a beautiful yellow color. In size and form it appeared like the temperate Prunus cerasifera.



The fruit was slightly overripe and had turned a bit soft in one end - however, when I cut it open it burst and plenty of juices poured out. The skin was slightly tough, and unlike Eugenia victoriana and other Eugenia spp. there were no maggots of fruitflies in it - likely due to the skin.
It struck me immediately, that also the taste was similar to a sweet Prunus cerasifera I used to enjoy back in Denmark as a child, but with slight lemon tones to it and without the bitter after taste some Eugenia spp. suffers from.

A winner in my book.!

Last year I recieved some Cashew seeds from Thurston; and now a year later after a dry spell, one of the seedlings are flowering being slightly more than 40cm tall.

My high-yielding Annona muricata tree has now ripe fruits (http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=1476.msg20182#msg20182), and likewise I got seeds from a single medium sized Rollinia fruit - I didn't get a photo of it, because the kids took it and eat it before I had the chance. But the seeds were spared. The size and appearance was as on this photo; http://postimg.cc/image/wb811zmer/ (of a fruit on the same tree some years back).

Today I went to National Forestry Authority just outside Kampala and spoke with some of the researchers I know; here in East Africa there is now a growing focus on native fruit species and for that reason they have decided to work on improving 4 great fruit species. The species where selected based on several criteria, mainly their great taste and from Uganda the following were chosen for the programme;

1. Chrysophyllum albidum (White Star Apple)
2. Canarium schweinfurthii
3. Vitex doniana
4. Saba comorensis

Currently they have started selling C. albidum and C. schweinfurthii seedlings; soon the others will follow as well (Saba comorensis can be propagated by cuttings as well). I look forward to the trials starting within the next months and will keep everyone posted.

Yesterday I bought some Aframomum sp. fruits at a local market outside Kampala; the fruits are large and have a refreshing slightly acid passionfruit taste, with a spicy twist. One of my favorite Ugandan fruits and very container friendly as well.
Seeds are available for trade with anything I don't have 



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My own Aframomum in flower

Another typical tree of the African Savanna - came across many over Easter. The tree should be grown for its decorative flowers, and though the fruit is not edible as raw, it is used for brewing alcohol and the seeds are roasted  and eaten.

Just managed to get two pre-germinated seeds of this impressive Chrysophyllum species from a friend in Brazil - I have been looking for it for a while; it is very rare in nature but do appear in collections and are curious if anyone has experience growing it.?

The photo is from the internet:

Just returning from my vacation in Denmark, I was surprised by one of my fruit sourcing contacts who showed up with a few fruit. From top left Monodora myristica (Calabash nutmeg), large Chrysophyllum albidum (White Star Apple) with a seed and finally seeds of Annona senegalensis (Wild custard apple). Enjoy - these are not easy to come by.
Sorry the photo is not in focus - I used my smartphone.

I can see Myrcianthes fragrans has a natural range that extends into the southern USA; on the photos I have seen the foliage and bark looks beautiful, and the fruits are edible. Anyone with firsthand (or secondhand) knowledge about this rare species?

Found some info on; http://www.plantcreations.com/stoppers.htm

Passed the market during my lunch break, and found a handful of fresh Canarium schweinfurthii fruits. This is one of the best fruits in central Uganda, and have a nice olive taste. Not a container tree as it grows to 40+ m.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jegindo/6537328319/#in/set-72157628482393403/