tonic Posted March 2, 2007 This is a very interesting fruit naja naja, is this the fruit from Podocarpus drounyniana? Nice photos by the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vapour Posted March 27, 2007 there are 2 podocarpus trees fruiting right now at the japanese garden of murdoch uni campus. But I don't think they are p. drouynianus. They look a bit out of place and I think they are p. elatus. I like them, the sweetness is subtle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
occidentalis Posted March 28, 2007 They are very pleasantly flavoured though. Naja, have you tried to grow these? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ENtiTY Posted March 28, 2007 A plum with hemrhoids hehe. What the botanical name? I got get me one of these Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amulte Posted March 28, 2007 (edited) they look fascinating! are both...errr...parts, edible? im a bit of an exotic fruit virgin, my 1st lychee was this year, dont know how i did without em LOL how are these? what type of texture is the flesh? EDIT - so, do they have a seed or has itevolved ith the seed on the outside? Edited March 28, 2007 by Amulte Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
occidentalis Posted March 28, 2007 The seed is in the green bit. The edible bit is the purple. They are in the order Pinales - so considered a conifer. Not a true flowering plant. These have a fairly subtle flavour as vapours says but very nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace Posted March 28, 2007 (edited) Mmm, looks pretty tasty! Are these available (or will they be any time soon?) at a fruit market? I've never seen or even heard of them... And from a conifer? So I gather the friuts would be fairly rare? How many would one tree produce in one season (or year)? edit - typo Edited March 28, 2007 by Ace Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naja naja Posted April 29, 2007 The SW is loaded with these. Apparently they are harvested and sold from the wild in QLD (a diff, but similar variety) Here is W.A. the foalage is wild harvested by people for the cut flower trade and is apparently a staple in flower arrangments for it's foalage. I personally didn't like the flavour all that much, although it wasn't unpleasant it's a little slimey in texture. I rekon if u did a good hunt and test of lotsa tree's u could find superior tasting fruit from select tree's to clone from if intersted in an edible fruit. From wat I understand, they are most commonly made into a jam/preserve. The normal way they sprout is by being eaten by an Emu and then crapped out the other end in a big pile of fertilizer. I have asked my friend who lives where these occur naturally to bring me either a bag full of emu turd with seeds in it or sum seedling dug up from emu crap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
occidentalis Posted April 29, 2007 The normal way they sprout is by being eaten by an Emu and then crapped out the other end in a big pile of fertilizer. I have asked my friend who lives where these occur naturally to bring me either a bag full of emu turd with seeds in it or sum seedling dug up from emu crap. My girlfriend's dad has several pet emus on his farm, so next time I go down I might harvest a sack of these first and feed them . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koala (Luke Perth) Posted May 12, 2007 WHat do these taste like? any good..... look a little different Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
occidentalis Posted May 13, 2007 I harvested a whole bunch more recently - they were much riper than the ones I tried before, and they had a strong piney/conifery flavour. A bit much but small amounts were OK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
