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A longan variety that thrives on hot tropical areas so it grows well where it is too hot for the common longan to set fruits. The taste is less sweet than the traditional longan and it has a bit less flesh too.

5 seeds for 10 USD


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Theobroma grandiflorum, Cupuassu
Artocarpus integer x heterophyllus, Cempejack, Summer
Quararibea cordata, Matisia cordata, Colombian Sapote, Zapote
Garcinia mangostana, Mangosteen
Alibertia patinoi, Borojo
Bactris gasipaes, Peach Palm
Annona muricata, Soursop, Big Juicy
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba

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This Cempejack from Costa Rica is the juiciest softest and lightest we came accross so far. The fruits ripen to perfection on the heavy producing tree, just need to cut them when they are soft. It is sweet and tastes more like Jackfruit than Cempedak: bubblegum and flowers.

5 seeds for 15 USD


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Theobroma grandiflorum, Cupuassu
Pometia pinnata, Fijian Longan, Fijian Longan, Green
Quararibea cordata, Matisia cordata, Colombian Sapote, Zapote
Garcinia mangostana, Mangosteen
Diospyros nigra, Black Sapote
Alibertia patinoi, Borojo
Bactris gasipaes, Peach Palm
Annona muricata, Soursop, Big Juicy
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba

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This central american fruit tastes like apricot with a hint of tropics: it also tastes a bit like pineapple and guava. The skin is 2-3 mm thin, the fruits weigh 200-800g the seeds are 50g (they will have fairly high shipping cost)
Limited availability

3 seeds for 12 USD


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Quararibea cordata, Matisia cordata, Colombian Sapote, Zapote
Alibertia patinoi, Borojo
Bactris gasipaes, Peach Palm
Annona muricata, Soursop, Big Juicy
Eriobotrya japonica, Loquat
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba

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Chupa-chupa

Funky looking fatty fruit, with a cheesy walnut taste. The consistency is like a rubbery walnut. The fruit can only be eaten when it opens by itself.

5 seeds for 12 USD


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Inga sp, Icecream Bean, Multi-colored Seeds
Alibertia patinoi, Borojo
Bactris gasipaes, Peach Palm
Annona muricata, Soursop, Big Juicy
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba

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This little fruits resemble melons but when you open them they surprise you with a super colorful mix of juice and seeds inside. The taste is a very pleasant soft chocolate cream.

8 seeds for 12 USD


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Inga sp, Icecream Bean, Multi-colored Seeds
Pachira glabra, French Peanut
Alibertia patinoi, Borojo
Inga spectabilis, Icecream Bean
Bactris gasipaes, Peach Palm
Annona muricata, Soursop, Big Juicy
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba

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The usual fluffy sweet taste. Every fruit has seeds of mixed color.

5 seeds for 10 USD


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Sicana odorifera, Cassabanana
Pachira glabra, French Peanut
Alibertia patinoi, Borojo
Diospyros discolor, Mabolo
Inga spectabilis, Icecream Bean
Bactris gasipaes, Peach Palm
Annona muricata, Soursop, Big Juicy
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba

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Mabolo or Velvet apple has a fuzzy skin like peaches. It has a fragnant flowery smell and a Creamy smooth flesh with kind sweet taste of vanilla, and roses.

5 seeds for 10 USD


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Inga sp, Icecream Bean
Inga spectabilis, Icecream Bean
Inga edulis, Guaba, Icecream Bean
Bactris gasipaes, Peach Palm
Annona muricata, Soursop, Big Juicy
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba

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The Ice Cream Bean got its name from the sweet fluffy vanilla pulp surrounding its seeds. The Inga species are widely cultivated in Central and South America, for fruit, shade, timber and they are preferred by permaculture farmers for their nitrogen fixing property.

The Mountain Soursop is an edible annona species with medicinal properties. The smell is very pleasant and aromatic, the taste is somewhat similar to Soursop with less sourness mixed with a taste I felt was similar to Noni. For us it was inferior experience compared to Soursop. It is said to be of good use as rootstock for other annonas.

5 seeds for 10 USD


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Theobroma bicolor, Pataxte, Mocambo - Tony
Pouteria sapota, Mamey Sapote, Guatemala
Annona montana, Mountain Soursop
Annona muricata, Soursop, Big Juicy
Theobroma cacao, Cacao, White Cacao
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba
Bactris gasipaes, Peach Palm

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Deep vibrant bright orange flesh, the taste is very sweet with pumpkin and wheatgrass juice taste. Everything about this fruit is so rich and dense: the color and taste suggest a high nutrition content.

5 seeds for 15 USD
20 seeds for 50 USD





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Nephelium mutabile, Pulasan, Yellow Pulasan
Durio dulcis, Dulcis
Durio testudinarum, Durian Kura Kura, Kura Kura
Nephelium mutabile, Pulasan
Dimocarpus longan var. malesianus, Kakus, Mata Kuching
Artocarpus odoratissimus, Tarap, Marang
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba
Canarium odontophyllum, Dabai

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The 1.5-2kg fruits have a green husk with pink blush that is getting stronger as the fruit ripens. The smell is sweet and has a hint of the dulcis smell but much less intense. The fruits seem to drop unripe (at least the batch I got was like that) and ripen up nicely in two days. The taste is very sweet and has a bit of the cherry-fruitiness of the dulcis but almost nothing from the minty taste. The result is a really nice gentle and satisfying experience.

5 seeds for 20 USD








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Durio dulcis, Dulcis
Durio oxleyanus, Durian Sukang, Sukang
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Isu Orange
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Isu Red
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Isu Yellow
Durio zibethinus, Durian, Borneo Kampung Durian
Artocarpus odoratissimus, Tarap, Marang
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba
Canarium odontophyllum, Dabai

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Tiny to max 1 kg durians with more sweetness packed in you would expect. Mild nutty flavor and a fresh minty aftertaste. Durio oxleyanus has for sections and maximum 1-2 pods per section. The flesh is  very creamy and as my daughter coined it its “almost too sweet” - Zoli

5 seeds for 15 USD



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Durio dulcis, Dulcis
Durio kinabaluensis, Kinabaluensis
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Isu Orange
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Isu Yellow
Durio zibethinus, Durian, Borneo Kampung Durian
Artocarpus odoratissimus, Tarap, Marang
Rollinia deliciosa, Rollinia, Biriba
Canarium odontophyllum, Dabai

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This species of Durio can only be found on Mount Kinabalu in Sabah. The most special thing about it is that it grows up to about 1400 meters or 4500 feet elevation. This feature could make it very desirable for zone pushers, experimenters and collectors either for the fruit or as a rootstock. The fruits are small - max 500 grams - yellow and round similar to a graveolens but have blunter spikes and the remaining parts of the flower are still attached to the ripe fruit. The flesh is white or pale yellow and is similar to, but less intense than lowianus. It has the fruitiness and the cookie-dough feeling while the flesh is thinner in size and thicker in consistency. Like most wild durians it can and should be held for a couple of days before consumption, it will get softer and more intense.

5 seeds for 15 USD



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Artocarpus odoratissimus, Tarap, Marang
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Isu Orange
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Isu Yellow
Durio zibethinus, Durian, Sabah Kampung

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Mangosteen grows true to type from seed, as these seeds are asexual embryos of the mother tree. Most commercially sold mangosteens come from the same variety. We found this variety in Sabah and Sarawak, Borneo the fruit was simply referred to as manggis asam (sour) by the vendors. Reading about the variety called “mesta” shows a lot of similarities, except that this one has more viable seeds than normal. 1-3 viable seeds are in a fruit.
So this is how it differs from the standard mangosteen in our experience: more oblong fruit, more round on the bottom; when cracked open the fleshy skin of the fruit is more reddish purple; the taste is more tangy, similarly sweet and more tart and also has more taste packed in, eat a normal mangosteen after this and it will have a boring taste; contains more seeds (1-3); the seeds are smoother; the fruit is less prone to have the yellow sap tainting the fruits (we haven’t found any fruits like that); the fruit has longer shelf life: becomes sweeter and less tart over time.
Overall, we like the normal mangosteen more because we can eat monomeals from it (3-4 kg per person), this variety is too tart for that, it’s more like something we would snack on or eat to refresh our senses between two durians.

5 seeds for 10 USD


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Durio graveolens x zibethinus hybrid, Graveolens&zibethinus, Orange Sulok
Durio testudinarum, Durian Kura Kura, Kura Kura
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Isu Red
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Scarlet
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Isu Orange
Durio graveolens, Graveolens, Isu Yellow
Canarium odontophyllum, Dabai
Durio zibethinus, Durian, Sabah Kampung

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