These trees grow in coastal Guyana, South America where if grown with sufficient space around them, they are a lovely fat 'christmas tree...Read More' shape with thick, shiny, dark green foliage. The hot pink flowers and the deep red fruit (I've never seen pink fruit) grow directly on the branches, you cannot see them unless you get underneath the tree and look up. The sweet fruit remind me of the texture of cotton candy, I never tried eating the seed. People there call them "cashews", but the real cashews also grow there. Interesting how many of the fruiting trees made it all over the world , probably in the 1800's before there were rules about importing seeds and seedlings.
I have visited Guyana on several occasions and am always fascinated by the lovely and prolific trees and plants growing there.
In Hawaii most folks call the Malay Apple "Mountain Apple". In rainforest settings such as Hana, Mountain Apple will grow to 50 feet if ...Read Morein competition with other trees. Individual trees planted in open settings grow to half that height. Flowers are spectacular, many stamened and a bright rosey pink. The rosey stamens litter the forest floor beneath the trees, making these trees easy to find even if you cannot see the flowering canopy itself in dense forest.
Lovely pictures. I grew up in Trinidad, W.I. (Caribbean). We call them pomeracs there. Delicious fruit when ripe. One mature tree can be...Read Morear 50-100 lbs of fruit around Oct/Nov, if I remember correctly. So much so that you can't give them away and they end up rotting on the ground. Now I live in Seattle and long just 1.
Malay Apples are called Mountain Apples in Hawaii and grow quite profusely here. Not unusual to see them in many backyards.
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The fruit can be a delicate waxy pinkish white or a deep red. Very juicy when ripe. The blooms (and fruit) grow directly attached to the branches of the tree. Not usually seen as a "value added food product" but commonly eaten out of hand.
I wanted to buy some fruits any one in south florida area?
These trees grow in coastal Guyana, South America where if grown with sufficient space around them, they are a lovely fat 'christmas tree...Read More
Known as "otaheite apple" in Jamaica (W.I.). I loved these growing up! They make the most refreshing juice!
In Hawaii most folks call the Malay Apple "Mountain Apple". In rainforest settings such as Hana, Mountain Apple will grow to 50 feet if ...Read More
Lovely pictures. I grew up in Trinidad, W.I. (Caribbean). We call them pomeracs there. Delicious fruit when ripe. One mature tree can be...Read More
Malay Apples are called Mountain Apples in Hawaii and grow quite profusely here. Not unusual to see them in many backyards.
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