Do you know this Asian fruit tree? (forum)

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We've just bought a house, which has some fruit trees in the back yard. We have a lime, a mandarin, a pawpaw, and this tree, which the neighbours say is some kind of Asian fruit, but they don't know what. There are no fruit or flowers as yet.
I've googled most of the Asian fruits I can think of to see pictures of the leaves, but nothing looks quite like it.
Maybe they're wrong about the Asian part? What they thought was lemongrass down the side of our house looks more like pampas grass.
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Time: 30th January 2009 2:20pm

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Tran says...
I think that is a custart apple. I may be wrong.

Time: 30th January 2009 2:35pm

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Serenia says...
Oh, that might be interesting!

Time: 30th January 2009 2:43pm

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HappyEarth says...
Looks like some kind of custard apple to me too ...lucky you :)

Rich
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Time: 30th January 2009 6:14pm

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RolFlor a says...
Is it the better tasting red papaya or the not so good tasting orange papaya?
Mulch it.

Mulch the custard apple, Annona atemoya?, all the way out to just beyond the drip line with wet newspaper and 75 mm of mulch eg free grass clippings or even better free wood chip mulch from a local tree pruning company.
Custard apple might fruit in your area from about July to November.
Read Permaculture books from the library or bookshop for the newspaper mulching method.

Take photos of the mandarin fruit later and ask which variety it is.

Time: 30th January 2009 7:51pm

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Serenia says...
I'm not sure which sort of papaya it is, though I'm not keen on fresh papaya, so I might not keep it. Someone said it'd be good for shade, but I'm also wanting to plant a macadamia somewhere, too (possibly a dwarf one).

I've been told the mandarin is a late-fruiting variety. It has green fruit on it now, but the neighbour says that when it looks ripe, it needs to be left another 6 days.

Also, how do I tell if the limes are ripe?

Time: 1st February 2009 7:38pm

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RolFlor a says...
Have you eaten red papaya?
Macadamia would be a good nature strip tree.

Time: 1st February 2009 8:01pm

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jaygeelin says...
Oh it's scientific name is Annona squamosa, so called, sugar apple. U can check it on wikipedia. It's taste good, and got lots of seeds.

Time: 24th March 2009 7:36pm

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