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Saurauia madrensis

Jonathan

By Jonathan
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Is anybody else growing this species?

It's a kiwifruit relative (Actinidiaceae) from the cloud forests of Chiapas, apparently edible.

Beautiful tree with big velvety leaves, easy grower if you keep the water up. Seems to be pretty cold tolerant, although mine wouldn't have seen anything below 0c/32f. A couple of them have started flowering this year, will be interested to see if they set fruit, as I'm not sure whether they're dioecious like kiwis, or not.

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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Nice one one Jonathan it looks a bit like the yellow loquat tree, any spare seeds yet ?

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4 hours ago, happypalms said:

Nice one one Jonathan it looks a bit like the yellow loquat tree, any spare seeds yet ?

Not yet, but will send you some as soon as they appear. 

South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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happypalms

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3 hours ago, Jonathan said:

Not yet, but will send you some as soon as they appear. 

I love the red colour super tropical looking plant absolutely gorgeous.

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This is pretty and yes it does look like a loquat tree LOL.

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