Sth American Fruits - Abiu, Ambarella, Babaco

Sth American Fruits Misc

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple

A relative of the cherimoya this plant has its origins in tropical America. The fruit about 100mm in diameter has a creamy juicy and delicious flesh, according to some tasting like lemon meringue pie. Fruits within 4 years from seed. Seed selected from extremely sweet and flavoursome fruit with firm white flesh and few seeds.

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.

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.

Abiu

A smooth, brilliant yellow fruit with sweet translucent flesh, the size of a apple. The delicious flavour is reminiscent of crème caramel. The fruit is considered a delicacy for those who can grow it successfully. Not suitable for temperate climates.

Sapodilla - Seedling

Fruit look like potatoes but have light brown soft very sweet flesh. Flesh is sometimes gritty and contains black seeds. Ripe fruit taste like sweetened cooked pear. Very hardy Subtropical fruit tree.

Mamey Sapote

Underneath the Mamey's leathery coarse brown skin is a brilliantly coloured, sweet and creamy flesh. The salmon-pink flesh has an exotic flavour similar to sweet pumpkin pie with spice. Unripe fruits can be cooked as a vegetable.

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.

Ambarella

A rapid growing tree with slightly ridged amber coloured fruit the size of a large plum. The ripe fruit can be eaten fresh or used to make delicious and refreshing juices. Young steamed leaves are eaten as a vegetable.

Acai Palm

An amazing species from the Amazon basin where it occurs in fertile swampy areas of the forest. Acai is a very beautiful and productive palm, the fruits are used in drinks, ice creams, sorbets, smoothies and other tasty delights. Seed selected from a Dwarf commercial form called BRS-Para that was developed by the Brazilian government.

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.

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.

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

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.

Ice Cream Bean

A beautiful ornamental tree that produces bean pods containing soft fluffy flesh that is sweet and juicy. Frost tender when young. Very quick growing. Can be a potential weed problem in subtropical regions.

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.

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.