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Anyone growing this enormous tree with the stinky beans ? I just got a few seedlings and was wondering how long it might take to fruit. Parkia speciosa

Time: 8th December 2009 9:24am

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speedy says...
I'd definitely grow one if I could as I love the taste and smell of petai,
especially in Sambal Udang.
I seem to recall someone years ago telling me that they can take up to 20 yrs to fruit.
... dont know for sure.
Do you have spares?.... or let me know where to get some?
a friend in FNQ may want one or two to plant on his block...

Time: 9th December 2009 11:55pm

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trikus says...
Thanks for that .I only got 2 , but supplier had many more . Alan Carle from 'Botanical Ark'
Got a Theobroma grandiflorum as well .
A local here just told me everything grows so well in Tully , you can half the time to bear , and double the size of anything !! Slight exaggeration [ maybe ]

Time: 10th December 2009 8:19am

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Speedy says...
Alan Carle...should've guessed that he'd have it. :-)

Cupuacu....Nice one!
I have often wondered if that was being grown in Aust. somewhere up north.
friends have told me that it's delicious,
they were working in Ecuador at the time (1992),
but unfortunately they didn't get the opportunity to bring some seeds back for me.
Well at least I know it's potentially available


Time: 10th December 2009 9:55pm

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Roger says...
Hi Speedy and Trikus,
My best petai tree is pictured. It copped a smack in cyclone Larry but regrew. They need a bit of care to get established and they are extratropical. I know of less than 20 trees in Australia and most have not fruited. My tree is 5 years from seed.
Pictures - Click to enlarge

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Time: 15th December 2009 12:35pm

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trikus says...
Thanks very much Roger , I will have to spoil mine .

Time: 15th December 2009 6:45pm

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Speedy says...
Nice one Roger! :-)
thanks for the pics...

Time: 15th December 2009 10:03pm

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trikuslaptop1 says...
SO it took mine 5 years to flower ..
not bad .. Ultra tropical so rustynuts in Eidsviold will have bucklys chance of growing this .. wrote an article for this years 'Rare Fruit Review' on this tree .
Its at the printers now folks .


Time: 25th April 2015 4:20pm

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MIke T1 says...
There are a few fruiting around in NQ including rice sator and another thai one but no indonesian types.I had a few in the yard but ditched them in favour of sweet fruit before they flowered a few years ago.
I do recall 4 or 5 years ago an acquaintance had dozens of seedlings and I wonder what happened to them all.

Time: 25th April 2015 7:33pm

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