Porcelia Macrocarpa - Monkey Banana
Seeds were imported from Brazil. Monkey banana is a semi-deciduous tree with a pyramidal or roundish crown; it can grow 10 - 20 meters tall. The bole can be 60 - 80cm in diameter. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food, and wood. Succeeds in dappled shade. Established plants are drought tolerant. The fruit is consumed raw. The pulp is sweet, succulent and very tasty, but there are a lot of seeds and very little pulp. The greenish fruit is about 7cm long and 4cm wide. Seeds will be shipped in humid vermiculite.
Seeds were imported from Brazil. Monkey banana is a semi-deciduous tree with a pyramidal or roundish crown; it can grow 10 - 20 meters tall. The bole can be 60 - 80cm in diameter. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food, and wood. Succeeds in dappled shade. Established plants are drought tolerant. The fruit is consumed raw. The pulp is sweet, succulent and very tasty, but there are a lot of seeds and very little pulp. The greenish fruit is about 7cm long and 4cm wide. Seeds will be shipped in humid vermiculite.
Seeds were imported from Brazil. Monkey banana is a semi-deciduous tree with a pyramidal or roundish crown; it can grow 10 - 20 meters tall. The bole can be 60 - 80cm in diameter. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food, and wood. Succeeds in dappled shade. Established plants are drought tolerant. The fruit is consumed raw. The pulp is sweet, succulent and very tasty, but there are a lot of seeds and very little pulp. The greenish fruit is about 7cm long and 4cm wide. Seeds will be shipped in humid vermiculite.