Sth American Fruits - Abiu, Ambarella, Babaco

Sth American Fruits Misc

Pepino - Kendall Gold

Small bush rarely above 1 m tall with yellow fruit stripped purple up to 10cm. Flavour is like a juicy rock melon. Only pick fragrant, slightly soft fruit which are ripe.

Achiote - Bixa

Source of annato. Small tree produces spiky fruit containing dark red seeds that are used as a commercial dye. Tree is extremely beautiful in full flowering and fruiting. Can be grown in a container, prefers a frost free climate

Tamarillo - Red

Also known as the Tree Tomato is a very quick growing small tree that bears heavy crops of red sub-acid succulent fruit. Prefers a sheltered spot with well drained soil

Acerola Cherry - Florida Sweet

Heavy cropper of cherry like fruit. When fully ripe the fruit is juicy and aromatic with its acid content giving it a sweet acid apple-like flavour. Fruits are extreemly high in vitamin c. Attactive pink flowers make this a very ornamental shrub.

Casana

Closely related to the tamarillo, it has large, furry leaves and produces heavy crops of mild-flavored fruits within 2 years. The fruits are oval and golden yellow when ripe. They are sweet, juicy, and said to be rather like a blend of peach and tomato in flavor. Native to the rain forests in the highlands of Ecuador.

Madrono

This attractive medium-sized tree has a very unusual fruit. The fruit has a pleasant subacid aromatic flavour are produced in summer. The fragrant male and female flowers are borne on separate trees. Slow growing and frost tender when young. Excellent potted patio plant.

Brazilian Cherry

A highly ornamental shrub with spreading branches and aromatic foliage. The young bronze foliage turns a glossy deep green when mature. The delicate white flowers are followed within 3 weeks by maroon ribbed fruit.

Monstera

Often called the Fruit Salad plant as the ripened fruit has a pineapple-banana odour and fruit salad taste. The mature fruit has a yellow-green, violet-spotted rind of hexagonal plates covering a creamy-white, soft pulp.

Green Sapote

A close relative of the Mamey Sapote but more compact and cold hardier. The green fruit turns to gold when ripe and has a superior sweeter flavour to the Mamey. Seeds can be roasted and eaten. Good drainage is essential.

Soursop - Grafted

This grafted selection was made from a tree cropping in a frost free region of Kyogle. Prefers a tropical climate but worth trying in marginal climates by the enthusiast fruit grower. Not suitable for temperate climates.

Sea Grape

Attractive small spreading tree, with clusters of grape like fruit with a sweet acid flavour, eaten fresh or used to make an excellent jelly. High salt tolerance, excellent seaside plant. Male and female plants, cross pollination required.

Peanut Butter Tree

A very attractive and hardy shrub bearing small orange/red fruit with a pasty texture and rich sweet flavour when fully ripe. Fruit ripens in late summer. Will tolerate light frosts.

Grumichama - Black

The tropical equivalent of the cherry. The purplish-black fruit 2cm diameter are produced in clusters. Flesh white, melting and tasty. Mostly used for fresh eating, but also highly prized for jams, jellies and pies.