EXOTIC FRUIT TREES

Sonpari Mango (Son Pari) is a hybrid of Alphonso, one of the best tasting mangos. The fruit is 5 to 5.5 inches long, weighing about 16-20 oz. Son Pari is medium large, yellow outside and orange inside. This mango has a good turpentine like flavor but is not as rich as a Bombay or other Indian mangoes.
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'Spirit of 76' mango is a cross of a Zill and Haden and inherited the finest features of each variety. The oval fruit is completely fiberless and has rich and flavor. The tree is moderately vigorous grower with spreading canopy. Excelelnt choice for backyard grower. See more info about Mango varieties.

Sugar Loaf is a cross between Edward and Gary. Stays green when ripe. Has a sweet pineapple coconut flavor. Growth habit is low to moderate.
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Suvarnarekha mango is also called Suvarna Sundari which in Sanskrit means Golden Beauty. This cultivar originated from Visakapatanam in Andhra Pradesh, India and is one of the most popular Indian varieties. It is also known as Chinnasuvarnarekha, Latsundar in Odisha, and Sundari in northern India. The fruit is ovate-oblong in shape, medium-sized and yellow with a jasper red blush. It is very early season and a strong producer. The fruit is considered to be of good quality and very juicy. The flavor comparable to a milder Bombay.
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Triple Sec Mango is a new name for a superior variety Seacrest. Aroma of this fruit resembles Triple Sec - an orange liqueur.
It is a mid-season variety. Started as an Edward seedling, this juicy mango has good disease resistance. As the skin turns a brilliant yellow hue, the sweet flesh is complemented with citrusy tones throughout.
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Val Carrie (Valcarrie) mango is cross between Valencia Pride and Carrie. It took the best from its parents: fast growing vigorous tree, large fruit has excellent flavor. Very aromatic flesh has no fiber at all. In Florida it ripens in June-July. See more info about Mango varieties.

Van Dyke is an eye catching Florida cultivar which enjoys wide acceptance throughout Europe. The fiberless fruit has a rich sweet flavor that is both spicy and sweet. Its excellent disease resistance is complemented by exceptional color. The original tree grew from a seed likely planted in the 1930s on the property of Mrs. Madeline Van Dyke in Miami, Florida. For decades the parentage of 'Van Dyke' was unknown, though a 2005 pedigree analysis estimated that Haden was the likely parent. The fruit is of oval shape with a rounded base and a bluntly pointed apex. Most fruit will also contain a small lateral beak. They average under a pound at maturity, with smooth yellow skin color and bright red blush. The flesh is yellow with minimal fiber, and has a rich and sweet flavor and aroma. It contains a monoembryonic seed. The fruit typically ripen from June to July in Florida, and production is considered to be good. Van Dyke is moderately fungus resistant.
Van Dyke trees are vigorous growers with open, spreading canopies.
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Venus is a great option for those looking to extend into a later season fruit. A top taste that is rich and sweet. The tree is a Zill Indochinese (Zinc) seedling, 33-10, with good disease resistance and ornamental, large leaves. The tree itself has a nice branching habit and compact growth that is easily managed.
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White Pirie (or Pairi, or Paheri) was derived from Piri in Hawaii. It has medium size yellow-red fiberless fruit with a honey richness. It is said to be "the sweetest fruit imaginable"! The fruit has a pastel coloring and "creamy" pulp. Bears fruit in July. The tree is dense, low growing and spreading.
The White Pirie and the Pirie are hardly distinguishable. These two are some of Hawaiis finest selections.
The downside is that they have very little anthracnose resistance and do best on the dry areas of Hawaii.

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Xosi Tu Quy (Tu Qui) - Xo i T Qu , Four Seasons, or Jin Huang, is a Vietnamese variety celebrated for its ability to flower and fruit multiple times annually. It produces medium-to-large, bright yellow, firm, fiber free fruit with a small seed and crisp, mildly sweet flesh. Ideal for green-eating and pickling, it also ripens to a gentle sweetness with floral-honey nuance. The tree grows vigorously with a dense canopy and shows good resistance to anthracnose - perfect for warm, humid, tropical or subtropical yards. In Florida it typically fruits May-August, possibly longer in ideal conditions.
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Xosi Tu Quy (Tu Qui) - Xo i T Qu , Four Seasons, or Jin Huang, is a Vietnamese variety celebrated for its ability to flower and fruit multiple times annually. It produces medium-to-large, bright yellow, firm, fiber free fruit with a small seed and crisp, mildly sweet flesh. Ideal for green-eating and pickling, it also ripens to a gentle sweetness with floral-honey nuance. The tree grows vigorously with a dense canopy and shows good resistance to anthracnose - perfect for warm, humid, tropical or subtropical yards. In Florida it typically fruits May-August, possibly longer in ideal conditions.
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Very showy, cheerful foliage! Rare varigated variety of Yuca root (Tapioca). Not only a useful edible plant, but also a very showy ornamental. A tropical root vegetable, grown as a shrub in temperate zones of Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and South America, that is harvested for its root and leaves. High in starch, it is a plant that contains low levels of protein in the root and high levels in the green leaves. At times, it is mistakenly referred to as Yucca, which is a non-edible plant from the Agave plant family.
Read more:
Yuca root, Cassava, Manihot, Tapioca... Food and Beauty
Yuca Fries Recipe: Food from your garden

PKM1 variety for earlier and increased fruit-bearing, increased leaf yield and better taste! A hybrid variety, PKM1 was derived from Moringa oleifera and it is grown for its heavy biomass and tender leaves.
PKM1 (Periyakulam 1) is a popular, high-yielding variety of Moringa oleifera, the drumstick tree, known for its rapid growth, abundant, nutrient-rich leaves, and fast production of long, fleshy pods, making it ideal for both home gardens and commercial farming, especially in India where it originated, thriving in warm, sunny spots with well-drained soil. It offers superior nutritional content, pest resistance (like to hairy caterpillars), and quicker harvests compared to traditional types, often producing fruit within months.
Horseradish tree, one of the most useful trees in the world, produces long green pods that have been compared to a cross between peanuts and asparagus. The roots are used as a substitute for horseradish and the edible leaves make a highly nutritious vegetable. The roots have also been used in many folk remedies.

Giant fruit Mulberry - makes 2-3" long fruit! A beautiful ornamental bearing sweet, juicy fruit. Tastes like extra-sweet blackberries. Disease and drought resistant. Beginning the very first year, you can enjoy its fruit all spring.

New dwarf variety of Papaya from Thailand. The plant grows only 4-5 ft tall, and produces lots of large, long fruit with bright orange pulp that is super sweet. Leaves are slightly different from regular papayas (more sharp and lobed). Self pollinating.
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Sunset (or Sunrise) is a Hawaiian Solo papaya variety, commercially grown primarily on Kauai, has dark pink to reddish-orange flesh and larger fruit than Kapoho. This is a self-fertile variety. The fruit is medium to small size, shape is somewhat round. This is the sweetest Papya variety we ever tasted!
Sunrise is grown and marketed on a large scale overseas, but in Hawaii its production and export are small compared to those of Kapoho.
Papaya does not take shipping well, but recovers easily (do not overwater!).
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Hawaiian Low Bearing Solo Papaya Waimanalo - oval, large size yellow fruit with dark yeallow flesh. This is a self-fertile variety. Hearty semi-dwarf papaya tree, bears full size fruits. Low bearing tree makes harvesting easy. Grows wonderfully in Central Florida in both a container or in the ground. Will go from seed to fruit in just one year. Can produce for several years if protected from frosts. Waimanalo has yellow-orange flesh, bears low to the ground initially. It is larger than the popular Sunrise papaya, weighing 22-32 ounces, larger fruit than other Solo papayas, it is grown and marketed almost entirely on Oahu. This papaya was developed in 1960 and was publicly introduced in 1968. In temperate zones it can be cultivated in large pots and taken indoors during the winter. As the name suggests, it starts bearing when very short and continues for a good couple of years.
Papaya does not take shipping well, but recovers easily (do not overwater!).
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Giant granadilla. Delicious fruit of wonderful flavor is eaten fresh or used in drinks. The unripe, green fruit is eaten as a vegetable.

Passiflora nitida (Bell Apple) is a tasty, but relatively unknown passion fruit native to the Amazon jungle region. This is a rare, really delicious fruit which is much sweeter than any passion fruit. It grows in the tropical lowlands from Costa Rica in the north and French Guiana in the northeast, through wide parts of Brazil. It is similar to P. laurifolia, with orange-yellow fruits that have a sweet, succulent pulp. It is a fast-growing tropical vine. Its flowers are blue and red, a bit like P. laurifolia and P. quadrangularis. The fruits grow up to 2 in. It is tropical and should be protected from frost. The fruits are eaten fresh and very sweet, with no acid, yet very good in flavor. Passiflora nitida is also a useful fruit in a drink called Purple Passion.

Panama red Passion fruit. A hybrid passionfruit that is vigorous and more tropical than others. The large fruit has attractive red skin and crops very heavily from Autumn through to Spring. Delicious fruit, flavor is appealing, musky, guava-like, acid. Great for drinks. Vigorous fast growing vine that is relatively cold tolerant.
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Low-Chill Peach. Medium to large size round fruit, red outside / yellow inside. It requires about 150 of chill hours. Perfect for lower Zone 9. Firm flesh, excellent flavor, ripens mid-May. Self-pollinating.

Tropic Prince Peach bears large firm fruit with good color. The fruit ripens 85-90 days after full bloom. Requires less than 150 chilling units. Harvest in May. This low-chill peach variety fruits very well in Florida, the Florida Keys and the Caribbean.

Phyllanthus acidus - Otaheite Gooseberry, Amlak - is very close related to Phyllanthus emblica (Amla, Amlaki), however it is much hardier plant. Known as amritphala in Sanskrit, which literally means the fruit of heaven or nectar fruit. It is so called because it is rich in many desirable properties, including medicinal.
Small to medium in size tree. Small tropical tree, to 20 feet. Fruits are borne in loose clusters, which hang from the tree trunk and main branches. Fruits are generally too tart for fresh eating but are esteemed for jellies, preserves and pastries. There are no commercial plantings; only in home gardens.
Amla fruit paste is a major ingredient of Chavyanprash, a popular Ayurvedic tonic. It is the richest source of vitamin C. Phyllanthus acidus is called Ari Nelli in Tamil, and the Phyllanthus emblica (Amlaki) is Muzhu Nelli in Tamil. Muzhu Nelli is even richer in Vitamin C etc.

Neea, Saltwood, Pigeon Plum, Hoja de Salat. Rare in cultivation, this small tree or bush should get more attention from tropical plant collectors.The plant is very nice, easy growing and make those "jelly beans" like berries at least twice/year. The flowers are almost unnoticeable. The berries are very showy and come right after. It fruits for several months non stop. Mature fruit is edible. In its native countries, this plant is widely used medicinally. From book "Messages from the Gods. A Guide to the useful plants of Belize": "To treat babies who can not sleep, often accompanied with crying, especially when they have been frightened by chickens..." Very useful plant especially for those who are afraid of chickens!

Sweet Tamarind, Manila Tamarind. Old nale Pithecellobium guatemalensis. Sweet pods resembling green peas, kids love it! Very easy to grow tree, drought tolerant. Dense ornamental foliage.