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mystery funky fruit from the Amazon
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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 a bit like mangosteen. But mangosteen is black with white fruit.
Something in the same family?
Possible, but Garcinia fruits usually have distinct segments, which this doesn't. I'm not familiar with other Clusiaceae, but I doubt that they would have the funk. Someone in the other thread suggested that it could be a Leonia species, which seems likely. I'm not so sure which one though.