Very often we will find some type of plant, animal or new food that we know next to nothing about. We have been looking up them up on the internet and reading more and more books on plant identification and have been trying to ask everyone we know about these types of things, but still we are often stumped. Thanks to friends on LifeTransplanet’s Facebook page we learned what we were calling “the watermelon tree” really was: a higuera tree otherwise known as a Calabash Tree.
Higuera Tree
So we thought we could use a little more help on these ones:
Perhaps mamey sapote?
Pretty sure these are quenepas because our neighbor said that people had been trying to reach through the fence to pick them
No clue…
Any tips would be great! Also we would like to know how to prepare them, if needed, or if we can eat them at all (as in the case of the higuera which is not edible)!
I think you got it when you said mamey? Did you open one up? if its dark peach inside then its def mamey. You can eat fresh or make batidos /milkshakes….so delicious. Wow…pretty soon you will be living of the fruits of your land…how sweet!!
Hi, your identification on the other fruits is correct. The mystery fruit your holding in your hand is a Mamey
very nutritious. Great to make shakes (smoothies) from. They have an orangey color inside when ripe.
Good eating
Is the fruit in your hand from the picture above? If so then yes like the others say, Mamey Pies, not sopote. If its not from the picture above then the picture above could be Neisparo. It’s hard to tell from that picture because there is no scale.
After the higuero it may be a nispero – will be slightly soft after sitting out, be grainy like a pear and taste like brown sugar (fruiting now but not ready), mamey pais- not the creamy sapote you make batidas out of but kind of crunchy and tastes like melon (tree is very narrow and tall). Quenepas are not fruiting now. I have a great book I’m gonna sell when we have a garage sale (or sooner if you want it) Arboles Frutales Exoticos y Poco Conocidos en Puerto Rico by Bryan Brunner (Montoso Gardens guy)… Good to have. You can order it on line for full price. K
What is this book???
I live in Isabela and id like to be able to identify and grow things….thank you! arielpeace69@gmail.com