Acanthosyris Falcata - Sacha Pera
Seeds were imported from Argentina. Acanthosyris falcata is a spiny, deciduous shrub or small tree with a large and intricate crown; it can grow up to 10 metres tall. The bole can be 20 - 40cm in diameter. The tree yields an edible fruit that is often gathered from the wild by children. The fibrous pulp is juicy and sweet. Children in rural areas use the fruits rather like gum - they chew them until they are reduced to a dry, whitish fibrous mass then spit them out. The fruit is used for making liqueurs. The red fruit is the size of a cherry. The globose fruit is yellow when mature, 15 to 18mm in diameter, similar to a small damask, with a single seed. Seeds are viable and shipped in humid vermiculite.
Seeds were imported from Argentina. Acanthosyris falcata is a spiny, deciduous shrub or small tree with a large and intricate crown; it can grow up to 10 metres tall. The bole can be 20 - 40cm in diameter. The tree yields an edible fruit that is often gathered from the wild by children. The fibrous pulp is juicy and sweet. Children in rural areas use the fruits rather like gum - they chew them until they are reduced to a dry, whitish fibrous mass then spit them out. The fruit is used for making liqueurs. The red fruit is the size of a cherry. The globose fruit is yellow when mature, 15 to 18mm in diameter, similar to a small damask, with a single seed. Seeds are viable and shipped in humid vermiculite.
Seeds were imported from Argentina. Acanthosyris falcata is a spiny, deciduous shrub or small tree with a large and intricate crown; it can grow up to 10 metres tall. The bole can be 20 - 40cm in diameter. The tree yields an edible fruit that is often gathered from the wild by children. The fibrous pulp is juicy and sweet. Children in rural areas use the fruits rather like gum - they chew them until they are reduced to a dry, whitish fibrous mass then spit them out. The fruit is used for making liqueurs. The red fruit is the size of a cherry. The globose fruit is yellow when mature, 15 to 18mm in diameter, similar to a small damask, with a single seed. Seeds are viable and shipped in humid vermiculite.