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Gorm
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:20 am Post subject: Tree identification |
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Hi there,
I am not sure if it is okay to post this here in your forum but this is the only forum I have come by with activity.
I am trying to identify this tree - locally it is known as Asian apple or chinese apple but my google search so far has come up with nothing.
I saw the tree i South Africa and it bears fruit in the winter.
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Thank you so much for your time!
Amanda
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phoenixtropicals Site Admin
Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Mesa Arizona
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Just looking at the photo, my first impression is that it is something in the apple/loquat family. The leaves look nothing like a loquat though, and neither does the scaly bark.
I looked around the web and I think maybe it is marula (Sclerocarya birrea), which is #9 in this list.
http://listverse.com/2011/07/08/top-20-fruits-you-probably-dont-know/
Google the name and you'll get more photos. Your fruit do look more fuzzy and pointed than the marula photos on the web, although the bark on the tree is a perfect match.
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Gorm
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you so much for your help - it does look a lot like a Marula
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phoenixtropicals Site Admin
Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Mesa Arizona
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:57 am Post subject: |
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So, due to this post I was inspired to buy some Marula seeds on ebay from South Africa. I had them growing in pots outside and they were doing very well. However, the first frost we had here which was an above freezing frost, probably like 35°F, totally killed the leaves. So, it appears these things are very frost sensitive. I'll have to see if the stem has some life left in it. My mangoes and guavas endured the same weather with barely a mark.
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darkcoolboo
Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 129
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phoenixtropicals Site Admin
Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Mesa Arizona
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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info. Very interesting. The Imbe looks very similar to one I am growing that is in the same family called Garcinia Intermedia or Lemon drop mangosteen. I am surprised that it survived the light frost whereas the Marula did not seem to. It seems to be very slow growing though. I am growing 3 of them in pots.
The monkey orange also looks very interesting. If it is really subtropical as they say then it could survive the cooler weather here.
Yes, moringa is grown by lots of people successfully. It grows like a weed I hear.
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darkcoolboo
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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I hear lemon drop is one of them supertropicals, so i find that strange.
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