(1/6) Canistel Grey fruit ripening and ready to pick on the tree
(2/6) Picture of a ripe and ready to pick Canistel Fruit the skin has gone a vibrant orange colour
(3/6) This small grafted tree has produced alot of large size Canistels. The shape of the fruit is really quirky.
(4/6) Flowers forming on the canistel grey
(5/6) The Canistel Gray can produce a large amount of fruit- it is self fertile.
(6/6) Canistel - Gray For Sale (Large)
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Canistel - Grey
Pouteria campechiana
Canistel Grey is a large elongated variety with a unique shape, ripening in late winter/Spring in the subtropics. Canistels are best eaten when they are at their optimum ripeness to achieve a creamy consistency and a sweet custard flavour. Their flowers a... Read Morere formed on their branches, a feature called cauliflory, enabling them to be pruned to keep them small. They tolerate the subtropics quite well.
Other Names: Egg fruit, yellow sapote, Lucuma campechiana
$79.00
Preferred Climate Tropical, Subtropical
Grown From Grafted
Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) +10m
Plants required to Pollinate 1 (Self Pollinating)
Can it Handle Frosts? Likes Temps above 5deg
Amount of leaves in Winter? All Leaves (Evergreen)
Suitability in Pots Yes
Fruiting/Harvest Months February, March, April, May, June, November, December