Unknown fruit

[fydesvindico]

hey all,

was out walking today and found these scattered all over a rainforest floor, I swear I know them, but nothing comes to mind at all... having trouble finding anything online also, so if someone could help us out that'd be great! Unfortunately I couldn't see the plant from which they came, only found them all over the ground.. They smell fruity, i'm hoping they're edible.

*edit* they're around the size of a golf ball

Edited September 6, 2011 by fydesvindico

[planthelper]

hi!

it could be out of the syzygium genus (lilly pilly).

but the don't have those guava like seeds in the centre, like your fruit, or do they??

Edited September 6, 2011 by planthelper

[fydesvindico]

yeah I thought that at first, though the lilly pilly's i'm familiar with only contain one seed and are smaller than these... found this though,

Fruits are succulent or fleshy and usually contain one seed except in Syzygium paniculatum. The seeds have two cotyledons which, on germination, become the first two leaves of the new plant.

but the fruit look nothing alike.

i'll keep looking though, surely i'll find something.

maybe its a sort of fig.

Edited September 8, 2011 by fydesvindico

[planthelper]

maybe its a sort of fig.

 

i agree.

[ThunderIdeal]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psidium

edit: a suggestion not a statement.

Edited September 9, 2011 by ThunderIdeal

[fydesvindico]

haha, i was just on that page, i'm leaning towards that idea also

[Zaka]

Irie,

This ones got me stumped!!!

I remember seeing & eating something that looked like that!!!But what the hell was it???

At first I thought, Chrysobalanus icaco!!Fatpork

But then No!

The Mrs said Gwigwi, Aiphanes minima....

But then again, I don't have any idea of whatcha got there downunder!!!

Respect,

Z

On the guava angle.....Psidium sartorianum???

Edited September 9, 2011 by Zaka

[tarenna]

Acmena (Syn. Syzygium) ingens. Red Apple. Common in subtropical and more fertile rainforests north of Casino (http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acmena~ingens). Has a distinctive erect apically dominant crown.

They are edible, although a bit floury and insipid.

[Halcyon Daze]

Yeah definitely Acmena ingens. Easy to grow from seed if they haven't already been destroyed by the grubs. Soak them in cold water for one night before sowing and this will kill any grubs.

Edited October 17, 2011 by Halcyon Daze

[Halcyon Daze]

Just for the record, the reason that the seed you cut in half looks so much like a fig is because it is infested with grubs. This is more common than not with lily pilies so you must get to them before they do.

Lily pilies are awesome plants.