Pumpkin -vs- Gourd

[Zac in NC]

157 Aleurites?

Zac

[Carlos Simón]

Hi,

I think 157 is Garcinia livigstonei ( Imbe ).

Carlos

[Carlos Simón]

Hi,

Few more:

It´s poisonous!!!!!!

Regards,

Carlos

[siafu]

Nice black sapotes, Carlos.

Not sure of the following one, some Syzygium spp. But the picture is remarkable. It is a pity that with this class of related fruits all the effort went to external appeal. The ones I tried were spongy and bland. Are those any good?

[Alan_Tampa]

Carlos, 157 is indeed imbe.  

I am in agreement with siafu's id on the pics 1 and 2 in post 163.  3 and 4 I can almost put a name to, but not just yet.

I am still working on Carlo Morici's 156 picture.  Not ready to give in yet.

Alan

[Carlo Morici]

I know that Syzigium in post 163 #2, but I can't remind the species name - they are highly variable if they go from seed. I chopped mine because it was untasty and spongy. The same tree growing at Manuel's place in Arafo produces larger,  juicier and sweeter fruits. How is the species name though?

163 #4 should be Carica quercifolia, a bit rounder than usual.

I am waiting for more trials on my post 156.

Carlo

[Carlos Simón]

Hi,

Siafu, Alan, you are right in the first photo!

Well Syzigium is a very complicated family because many species have the same shape. The one in the picture is S. oleosum, very similar ( and it´s not a synonym ) of Eugenia myrtifolia. Another similar species are: S. australe and S. paniculata.

Siafu, Carlo you have defined the taste and aspect of all syzygiums´s fruits that I know and I´m also including S. samarangense, S. aqueum, S. jambos, S. malaccense, and so on. The only specie with good tasty fruit that I know is S. cuminnii, but it has small fruits.

Carlo, the picture #3 is not Carica, in fact you are very far from the real family :-))))

This specie come from Africa.. :-))))) It´s not a common specie.

Alan in the Carlo Morici´s 156 picture, just have a look to the shape and forget of the color ;-)  By the way, Carlo, I´d like few seeds if you still have... I´d like to try it here in the sea side.

Now red fruits. Carlo the last picture is not for you...ok!!!

Regards,

Carlos

[Gileno Machado]

Wow...

I hadn't noticed this thread yet. Great fruiting trees.

Let's play some more (I only know the local Brazilian names though...

Who am I?

[Gileno Machado]

All these are from my yard, and ended up in my stomach:

Who am I?

[Gileno Machado]

Yellow type

[Zac in NC]

Gileno's last one is a Cashew, Anacardia something or other.

Zac

[Gileno Machado]

I've harvested some 20 Kilos of these last week, the friends from England had a real feast:

Who am I?

[Gileno Machado]

How about this native? (my fav...)

[Gileno Machado]

another favourite

[Gileno Machado]

Hey Zac...

Correct for the local native cashews...I took a few dried and candied cashews to USA and elHoagie tried them for dessert at Fred's house in La Cañada. They are in season here right now.

Who am I? (Barbara's local favourite)

[Carlo Morici]

Post 167 Pic #1 is Malpighia glabra - Acerola!

Carlo

[siafu]

Carlos,

If that's your only Acerola/Barbado cherry plant, then I have a clone of that particular one!!!! (I ate a couple of late fruits from mine yesterday...)

Is second picture of capulin cherries, Prunus salicifolia? I've never seen the fruits myself but the leaves remind those of my plants.

The 4th one looks like a closeup of Muntigia calabura.

The 3rd one is puzzle. Interesting patterns on the skin, they kind of remind me of citrus, but it would be a blood kumquat of sorts. Is there such a thing?

[siafu]

Carlos,

In #163, is the third one Bunchosia armeniaca?

[Alan_Tampa]

175 is suriname cherry Eugenia uniflora .

Alan

[Carlos Simón]

Hi,

Siafu, if you have a clone of that particular one ( Acerola ) you are the only one that have a clone of my plant in Portugal!!! Although I have different clones of Acerola, your plant come from this one in the picture!!! How are you friend?    

Ok, 167 #1 Malphigia glabra

            #2 Prunus salicifolia

            #3 Triphasia trifolia ( Siafu, very good observation on the skin!!! )

            #4 Muntingia calabura

Well, 163 #3 it´s a Boraginaceae

               #4 it´s a Euphorbiaceae

Gileno 168 Sizygium cuminii

          169 and 170 anacardium occidentalis, orange and yellow

          172 Sizygium aqueum

          173 Spondias tuberosa ??? ( imbú, ambú, umbú, umbuzeiro )

          174 Manilkara achras

          175 Eugenia uniflora

Regards,

Carlos

[Trópico]

#120 was not answered. Is that some kind of Guanábana?

[Dave Butler]

Whats My name??

[Alan_Tampa]

182

Ugli

Alan

[Carlos Simón]

Hi,

Frank, you are right! #120 remember me Annona montana.

Regards,

Carlos

[Ken Johnson]

Is 182 a pumilo? (spelling?)

Did I see a Rose Apple? #173

174 is sapodilla

172 Wax Jambooooo?

[siafu]

I can't remember what I am, can you help me...?

[Carlo Morici]

And here I am again. I was in post 156 but nobody guessed. I only know I am not a jujube.

[siafu]

#173, is not umbu (Spondias tuberosa). I think it is "Mangaba", Hancornia speciosa.

Carlos,

How is your umbu (Spondias tuberosa) doing?

Carlo,

#156 is proving a tough one. Can you give us a clue?

[Carlo Morici]

The clue is the picture of these Roystonea regia  :laugh:

Zac? Young minds?

[siafu]

#156

A tortuous line of thought leads me to say:

Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco)

[Carlo Morici]

No, It is much larger than Chrysobalanus, it is about the size of a pear.

[Gileno Machado]

Siafu, the fruit lover...

ok, 168 (nobody seems to know is the delicious purple Azeitona-roxa or Jamelão ( Eugenia jambolana ), now under research for cancer treatment (leukemia). This is a very fast growing tree and it gets huge in no time for my climate. One splendid harvest per year in summertime with tonnes of dark purple fruits.

169 and 170 are the two local native varieties of Caju (cashew), probably the most perfumed existing fruit on earth, along with guavas and one of my favs.

172 is one of the many varieties of Jambo (there's a white variety and several giant reddish ones from Pará State that taste a lot different). When the tree is in flowering period it makes a feast for hummingbirds and bees in the morning and small bats at night.

Siafu is right: #173, is not umbu and it is the local Mangaba, Hancornia speciosa, a queen for ice cream desserts.

174 is the delicious Sapoti, the smallest variety in the family, and also the sweetiest.

Finally another local native 175 is the Pitanga, the Eugenia berry from Recife as it is known elsewhere in Brazil, used in Licquor production, as an ice cream and (best) straight from the tree.

Now I have to take pictures of cajás, umbus, ingás, carambolas, graviolas, goiabas, jaboticabas, pitombas, araçás, 7 subspecies of mangas, etc, etc... I'm even trying (succesfully) to produce Lichias on the beach (Lychees?).

Regards.

[Carlo Morici]

(Gileno Machado @ Dec. 13 2006,01:19)

QUOTE

...Now I have to take pictures of cajás, umbus, ingás, carambolas, graviolas, goiabas, jaboticabas, pitombas, araçás, 7 subspecies of mangas, etc, etc...

You remind me a song singing something like:

"Do samba de Piripita, Pimienta, Pitanga, Pitomba y Pita"

[siafu]

#156, Gamboge, Garcinia tinctoria?

The shape is not too far off, but the reddish color seems wrong.

[Zac in NC]

Surely it isn't a Royal palm fruit? I have missed the hint and what it refers to.

Zac

[Alan_Tampa]

156, the red date?  Really?

Alan

[Alan_Tampa]

Pitanga is Eugenia uniflora as far as I can see.  We call it suriname cherry here as we don't know any  better.  

Alan

Also, the cashew apple (the fruit part), does the red taste different than the yellow?

[Carlo Morici]

Siafu, Alan, Zac,

156 is not a Garcinia and it is not a palm fruit. The clue of red roystoneas is because those roystoneas are to palms in general, just like 156 is to fruits. (and I am not refferring to the fact that both fruits are good to fatten pigs),

It is large as a pear, and has one large seed inside. In a lysergic world of red bananas and yellow watermelons, there is still room for a #156

[Carlo Morici]

Pitanga is an old favourite home-garden fruit in the Canary Islands, and it is called Pitanga. The tree is pitanguero. ¡Un pitanguero produce pitangas!

I don't like common names that look too "designed". How can it be that Pitanga (Eugenia uniflora) is Suriname Cherry (maybe not even from Suriname), Guasimilla (Muntingia calabura) is Jamaican Cherry (Jamaica is 1% of its distribution range) and Acerola (Malpighia glabra) is Barbados Cherry (does it grow in Barbados?)? And of course none is related to the true cherry in the genus Prunus and all taste different. They only share being small and red.

[Gileno Machado]

That's very interesting. How can Pitangas be called Suriname berries if they are not native to Suriname? Actually it is not even found in the northern region of Brazil near the Amazonic basin. Pitanga is a Tupi-Guarani name that means bright red (like Ibirápitanga or Pau-Brasil). This is an endemic native plant from the eastern coast of this Country from where it has been sent to other tropical locations.

I did some research and quoted here:

"“PITANGA” (Eugenia uniflora L.)

Fruit that grows on a bush or small tree, the “pitangueira”, when cultivated has small, brilliant green and aromatic leaves. The flowers are also small and whitish and the fruit, the “pitanga” grows in form of beans, flattened in the two extremities and divided in prominent buds, having a flat and rounded seed, covered by a thin skin that is skinny red when ripe.

The “pitanga” is a very appreciated fruit and is eaten raw as it has a sweet-and-sour and aromatic pulp. With the “pitanga” we can make marmalades, wines and liqueurs.

 The “pitanga” is a native fruit of Brazil.""

About the two different colours of Cashew (Alan):

They both taste the same but the reddish/orange variety is a bit sweeter in taste. Cashews were taken to Africa from NE Brazil in the 17th century by the Portuguese and now the african production has surpassed that in northeastern Brazil.

Curiosity: I have visited the oldest and largest Cashew tree in the planet, located near the city of Natal 300 Km north from here, which is probably the biggest (widest) tree of any kind existing on earth. It covers an area of more than 12 hectares and it is still spreading to the sides as a expansion process (mergulhia). Now it is preserved as a touristic attraction.