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About the Author David Springwood 8th January 2016 5:42pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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genipapo says... Hi David I saw your posting in Daleyfuit Forum. I live in northeast Brazil and have Mammea americana trees in my garden.In Brazil it is known as Abricó do Pará. Pará is a State in the Amazon region and this fruit is common in this State. The fruit pulp has the taste of a mango (although you get mangos of different tastes and flavours !) Normally a fruit has 3-4 seeds size of a golf ball. For additional info you can email me at cperesc@oi.com.br | About the Author genipapo Recife.Brazil 12th January 2016 7:54am #UserID: 10574 Posts: 17 View All genipapo's Edible Fruit Trees |
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David says... Thanks for the input.Brazil eh. Long way from Australia. Ive read that the seeds don't last long once they leave the fruit. This seems to be the main problem that stops wider spread and use of the fruit. The trees exist in Australia mainly in the northern tropical area. Where I live is classified as sub tropical, although we can still grow a very wide range of tropical fruit. I thankyou again for the interest will contact you again to see if its possible for you to send seed if that's ok by you.By the way do single trees fruit or do you need 2 or more to get fruit ,thanks again.Lucky you. | About the Author David Springwood 12th January 2016 4:59pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author Peter91 North Plympton 13th January 2016 9:20pm #UserID: 11892 Posts: 111 View All Peter91's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author genipapo Recife.Brazil 14th January 2016 11:15am #UserID: 10574 Posts: 17 View All genipapo's Edible Fruit Trees |
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genipapo says... About fifteen year back a student from São Luis in the State of Maranhão brought me a seedling. It grew up in a big tree, would flower with white flowers but no fruitification. A fruit collector from the Amazon region told me that there are male and female trees. I got another seedling .This flowered and fruited in 3 years. The first one continues to flower but does not fruit. So you need two to make "company". | About the Author genipapo Recife.Brazil 14th January 2016 11:52am #UserID: 10574 Posts: 17 View All genipapo's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author Peter91 North Plympton 16th January 2016 8:55pm #UserID: 11892 Posts: 111 View All Peter91's Edible Fruit Trees |
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genipapo says... Hi Peter Seeds of Mammea americana (aka Abricó do Pará) are of the size of a ping pong ball sit in half. There are limitations on sending seeds from the Ministries of Agriculture of Brazil as well as Australia. If seeds were small size (like of fingerlimes, they could slip in a letter. Sending Mammea seeds by post parcel would never reach you.They would be destroyed by the postal rats! | About the Author genipapo Recife.Brazil 18th January 2016 8:02am #UserID: 10574 Posts: 17 View All genipapo's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author David Springwood 1st February 2016 6:30pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Peter91 says... @ David, my guess would 100% be customs/quarantine, either the ones that have made it through haven't germinated, the rest has either been seized. I highly doubt no ones tried to buy some $2 seeds or something, i'd imagine it's similar to Guava varieties, everywhere I asked just said they couldn't ship them due to quarantine etc. | About the Author Peter91 NORTH PLYMPTON,5037,SA 2nd February 2016 5:34pm #UserID: 11892 Posts: 111 View All Peter91's Edible Fruit Trees |