Oi Federico,
The spondias both tuberousa, Sp, venulosa, mombim, etc., have a germination between 40 and 60 percent, the seeds are viable because they are wild trees, nobody plant them in their natural habitat, they are born naturally.
The ideal would be to send the stakes, but the custom house of Brazil, does not allow, sometimes the right, but the risk is great.
I offer these seeds, but I notice about the details to germinate, the big problem is that the whole world people ask us cupuassu, bacuri, spondias, mangaba, Oitis, Couma, uxi, umari, Annona coriacea, crassiflora etc.
These seeds are difficult to germinate, even more than spondias, but our message box is always full of requests for these seeds.
The seeds offered are grown for me, no pollination problem because I have 4 trees of each type of spondia and all are with fruits today, these seeds were collected in last Saturday.
These spondias, are a typical vegetation we call CAATINGA the caracterista is drought and intense heat, sometimes the seeds take years to germinate.
The difficulty of obtaining these species, I think it worth trying to germinate.
attachments photos of spondia tuberosa, I sow in June 2015, they take 120-180 days to germinate.
New fruits added.
Spondia Tuberosa Green fruits
Spondia Sp, Yellow fruits
Alexandre: The yellow and the green look great!
I've read that STuberosa is difficult to get from seed because a lot of the seeds are not viable plus it takes a lot of effort/luck to germinate (scarification/stratification,etc). I would be very curious to see if you have first-had experience with growing from seed?
Alternatively the best way to propagate some of the other spondias is just cuttings; is it easy to get cuttings of the S.tuberosa?
Are there any named varieties or clear differences between seedlings?
