Here's a fruit I've never eaten or even heard of. Anyone ever tried it?

[www.kuriositas.com]

Be sure to scroll down to see more of the tree.


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That is quite pretty, with the fruit growing off the trunk.

I've never seen anything like that before - that's really cool! Seems like the birds would have a field day with that fruit...

There are a few plants that flowers/fruits grow off the trunks of trees including cocoa pods can grow directly off the trunk of a cacao tree. This is called cauliflory. Here is a link.

[waynesword.palomar.edu]

Yes, we grow jabaticaba (might be a few different spellings) in Hawaii. Recently we found a new (to us) variety with bigger and even more luscious fruits, and we planted 3 trees. Right now they're more like bushes.

Those are really nice pictures. Trees studded with purple diamonds.

What a fascinating evolution of "tree;" I love how it is explained that the berries sprout from the trunk and low down so animals that will disperse the seeds after digestion do not have to climb far to get the fruit. [slaps forehead]Duh! Why don't all trees think of this?

Maybe this tree is an alien visitor, from a planet where all trees propagate this way, but each produces a different kind of fruit having a different color and texture and flavor. Just imagine . . . .

Thanks for posting : )

Nice, thanks Trive.

Here is an interesting bit from California Rare Fruit Growers:

[www.crfg.org]

Adaptation: In Brazil jaboticabas grow from sea-level to elevations of more than 3,000 ft. Different plants vary markedly in how much frost they can take without severe damage, probably reflecting the species that a given plant belongs to. Some plants can take 24° F or lower and survive; others are damaged at 27° F. In 1917, a young tree at Brooksville, Florida survived a temperature drop to 18° F. with only the foliage and branches killed back. In California jaboticabas have been successfully grown in San Diego, Spring Valley, Bostonia, Encinitas, South Los Angeles and as far north as the San Jose and San Francisco Bay areas. The plant makes a suitable container specimen.

[www.crfg.org]

This reflects a well established theory that most plant evolution occurs in the tropics and then the plants radiate towards higher latitudes and colder climates. If one searched the colder areas of its range many cold hardy individuals could be found, I theorize. And the same would be true of any fruit. PawPaws, from the tropical Custard Apple family (Soursop, Sweetsop, Cherimoya) grow in Canada!

This tree does not waste time ...why growing branches, when you can grow fruit? ))

It looks nice, really nice. I hope this it's natural way, and it is not a hybrid or something like that.

Wow, that is too cool!! Thanks for sharing. Never seen such a tree.

thats rad! i love such things. Anything interesting for temperate climates?!!!





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i so want one of those trees awesome !

...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist