35
mystery funky fruit from the Amazon
(slrpnk.net)
I recently received seeds of a strange funky fruit from a friend in the Amazon. We have no idea what it is, and Jim West can't tell from the photos that my friend sent to him either. There was a delay in getting the seeds here, but I stuck them in some soil two days ago, and they are already starting to sprout, so they seem like survivors!
It's a medium-small tree that fruits in February/March at ~800m elevation in SE Ecuador. If anyone knows what it is, please don't hesitate to comment.
Looks like Huito (Jagua) fruit
Similar, but the fruit is green when ripe, and the pulp is always that bright orange colour, and Genipa americana wouldn't be growing wild where my friend lives, and even if it were, it would be a big tree.
Huh! How odd
That was my guess too, called jenipapo where I'm from. So perhaps something in a nearby clade.