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<h2><strong>Hard Leaved Monkey Plum Seeds (Diospyros scabrida)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price For Pack Of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>This lovely little tree about 5m tall and has outstanding features to recommend it; its compact growth habit, its gorgeous glossy foliage and its unusual balloon fruit capsules. It is also versatile and adaptable, a real asset to any garden.</p> <p>Creamy-white, sweetly scented flowers, single or in small clusters, occur from spring through to summer (October to March). The male and female flowers are borne on different plants. The fruits, which ripen in autumn are oval, red, fleshy berries, almost entirely enclosed in inflated, bladder-like capsules that are formed from the persistent flower calyx.</p> <p>The fruit is eaten by birds and flowers attract insects. Plants are dioecious, either male or female.</p> <p>The fruits are edible but are somewhat bitter, and so not very tasty. Extracts of various parts of the plants are believed to have antibiotic properties. The roots are also used medicinally by the local people.</p> <p>Waterwise and low maintenance, plant in a sunny spot in well-drained, frequently composted soil. As the male and female flowers occur on different plants, one of each plant is needed to ensure pollination and therefore seed formation.</p> <p>Sow 1-2mm deep in sandy, well-drained, potting soil. Fresh seed germinates readily in four to eight weeks. After germination the seedlings should be potted up into individual bags/pots as soon as the first pair of true leaves appear. It can also be propagated by cuttings.</p>

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<h2><strong>Coromandel Ebony, East Indian Ebony (Diospyros melanoxylon)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price for Pack Of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>East Indian ebony is medium-sized tree to 25 m tall. Species of flowering tree in the family Ebenaceae native to India and Sri Lanka, it has a hard, dry bark.</p> <p>The leaves can be wrapped around tobacco to create the Indian beedi, which has outsold conventional cigarettes in India. The olive-green fruit of the tree is edible.</p> <p>The tree has been determined to have significant antiplasmodial effects against Plasmodium falciparum, which causes malaria in humans.</p> <p>Tendu tree is also used in making hockey sticks. A young and straight branch of the tree is heated in fire and slowly shaped into the curves of a hockey stick.</p>

V 270 (5 S)

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<h2><strong>Sherbet Tree Seeds (Dialium schlechteri)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price For Pack of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>This very attractive forest tree, with shiny leaves and mottled white bark, will appeal to every tree lover in South Africa.</p> <p>Dialium schlechteri is a small to medium-sized from 5-15 m tall. It is usually multi-stemmed with a dense rounded crown. The bark is pale grey, smooth and mottled. The leaves turn yellow before dropping.</p> <p>Small flowers around 10 mm long. They have a strong but unpleasant scent. Petals are absent. The inside of the calyx lobes is white; on the outside they are covered with golden brown velvety hairs.</p> <p>The fruit pods are oval, thin-shelled and velvety red-brown around 25 mm long. A bright orange, dry pith surrounds the seeds. The brown fruits are usually borne in profusion from autumn onwards.</p> <p>The flowers attract bees. Elephants are especially fond of the fruit.</p> <p>The fruits are edible and very popular with Zulu children, as they are very tasty. According to some people, they taste exactly like sherbet. The pulp is sometimes mixed with water and milk to make a refreshing drink.</p>

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<h2><strong>Coronillo Seeds (Bellucia pentamera)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price for Pack Of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>Coronillo is small tree, can reach 2 to 12 m in height with leaves cross-wise opposite, with ladder-like tertiary venation.</p> <p>Flowers are in small bundles, white, with five corolla lobes.</p> <p>Plants are disturbed in open sites in undisturbed habitats. Often found along roads and rivers and alluvial sites, but also on hillsides and ridges. On sandy soils, but also on limestone.</p> <p>Rasped stem used to dye gourds. Fresh fruits used medicinal (antihelmintic) against worms.</p> <p>Origin South and Central America, but now cultivated and invasive in tropical Asia.</p>

V 269 (5 S)

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<h2><strong>Mess Apple Seeds (Bellucia grossularioides)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price for Pack Of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>Mess apple is a small, evergreen tree with a dense, rounded crown; usually growing 5 - 12 metres tall, but up to 20 metres when in primary forest. The tree has a twisted bole that branches from fairly low down and can be 30 - 40cm in diameter.</p> <p>The tree produces an edible fruit that is gathered from the wild for local use, though it is not always appreciated. It is also used locally for medicines and as a source of wood.</p> <p>Succeeds in full sun or dappled shade.The tree is sometimes cultivated for its fruit and, with its pleasant-smelling flowers, is considered fairly ornamental. It is grown to provide shade and is used in landscaping projects, though its copious crop of fruits falling on the ground can be a detraction from this use.</p> <p>Origin is S. America - Bolivia, Peru and Brazil, north to the Caribbean and through Central America to Mexico.</p> <p>Habitat are wet mixed forests at elevations of 400 metres or less. Widely distributed throughout the Amazonian region.</p>

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<h2><strong>Tassel Berry Seeds (Antidesma venosum)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price for Pack Of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>Antidesma venosum, commonly known as the tassel-berry, is a species of small dioecious tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to Africa, China and Indochina.</p> <p>Antidesma venosum is an evergreen to semi-deciduous tree or shrub from 0.55 up to 15 m tall, with a dense, roundish crown.</p> <p>Flowers are small and unpleasantly scented, but showy and distinctive. Male flowers are produced in long, thin catkins which are found at the ends of newly grown twigs. Female flowers are produced in thin but shorter catkins at the ends of twigs.</p> <p>Flowering time is in early summer, from October to January. Fruits are very small, almost oval, ±10 mm in length and 8 mm in diameter, with a soft exocarp and fleshy, edible mesocarp, pale yellow to blood-red, turning black when ripe. Fruiting time is in late summer to autumn, from January to May.</p> <p>This species is a very decorative, neat shade tree and is perfectly suitable for larger gardens and bird parks. The tree is also used as a screen plant in a shrubbery. The wood is used for building huts. The plant is not sensitive to moderate degrees of cold and therefore may be freely recommended as an ornamental tree in coastal frost- free areas.</p> <p>Different plant parts are used medicinally; a root extract is used for the treatment of heart diseases; an infusion of roots and leaves is taken for the treatment of coughs; a leaf infusion is taken for an upset stomach.</p>

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<h2><strong>Mao Luang Seeds (Antidesma puncticulatum)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price for Pack Of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>Antidesma puncticulatum is a species of tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form. They have simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 24 m.</p> <p>With ample moisture, good light and a tropical or frost free warm temperate climate, it is a fast growing tree.</p> <p>Fruits are sweet and can be eaten raw or can make compots and jams. Fruits are Aproximately 3cm in diameter.</p> <p>Mao Luang is native to South Asia and South-east Asian countries.</p>

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<h2><strong>Chamburo Seeds (Jacaratia digitata)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price for Pack of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>Jacaratia digitata is a evergreen or semi-evergreen medium-sized, rather sparsely branched tree to 20 m tall with a conic spines on trunk and branches with large, palmate leaves on long stalks.</p> <p>Native to rainforests in the western and southern regions of the Amazon from Colombia to Bolivia at low and moderate elevations.</p> <p>The edible fruits are sometimes gathered from the wild for local use and it is occasionally cultivated in its native range for its edible fruit. Female trees produce oblong, angled, yellowish orange, papaya-like, edible fruit up to 12cm long.</p> <p>Bloom Time - Fruiting is 2 to 3 years and moderate maintenance is required.&nbsp;</p>

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<h2><strong>Andean raspberry Seeds (Rubus glaucus)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price for Pack of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>Species of blackberry found in Latin America from Mexico to Bolivia, including the northern and central Andes. It is similar to a loganberry in terms of taste and utility.</p> <p>Rubus glaucus is a perennial semi-erect climbing shrub, belonging to the rose family. It can grow to 3m.</p> <p>The fruit is an ellipsoid compound drupe of 15 to 25 mm at its widest diameter, weighing 3-5 grams. Rich in vitamin C, calcium and phosphorus, bittersweet, and suitable for juices, nectars, jams, jellies, ice cream, and pastries.</p> <p>Fruit production is continuous with two annual peaks. Plants reach maturity and produce fruit after the first year, extending through the rest of the plant's life which can be 12 to 20 years.</p> <p>The plant grows best at temperatures between 12 and 19 °C, with relative humidity of 80 to 90%, high sunshine.</p>

V 262 (5 S)

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<h2><strong>Guadeloupe cucumber (Melothria pendula)</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price For Pack of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>Melothria pendula, also known as the creeping cucumber or the Guadeloupe cucumber. Climbing on shrubs and small trees, can be found throughout Louisiana and near the coast in south Texas.</p> <p>The plant resembles the cultivated cucumber, possessing miniature yellow flowers, similar leaf shape, same leaf patterns, as well as similar growth patterns. The unripe berries strongly resemble minuscule watermelons</p> <p>The ripe berries 1-2cm long are black, have powerful laxative qualities when consumed. The berries, when unripe and light green can be eaten raw.</p> <p>Found in sandy and moist rich soils.</p>

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<h2><strong>Sogorome Seeds (Jaltomata ventricosa)</strong></h2><h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;" data-mce-style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price For Pack of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2><p>A small and wonderful Jaltomata, native to a tiny area in northwestern Peru. It produces little orange berries, reminiscent of a ground cherry or small cape gooseberry.</p><p>The fruits and flowers are quite colorful. Naturally grows at mid to high elevation, mountain slopes, up to 3000 m. Small perennial or annual to only 1 m tall.</p><p>The fruits are about 3cm, sweet, edible, orange berries reminiscent of cherry tomatoes. Their nectar is an unusual bright red. Closely related to Solanum.</p>

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<h2><strong>Gaultheria myrsinoides Seeds</strong></h2> <h2><span style="color: #e03e2d;"><strong>Price for Pack of 5 Seeds</strong></span></h2> <p>Gaultheria myrsinoides is a plant of higher elevations in the tropics, where it is usually found at elevations above 2,000 metres.</p> <p>Gaultheria myrsinoides is a low-growing, sometimes prostrate, evergreen shrub, reaching a height of about 15cm.</p> <p>The plant produces an edible fruit which is sometimes gathered from the wild and consumed locally. It is often grown as an ornamental in gardens, where it makes a good ground cover.</p> <p>Fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. Colour purple to black, globose fruit is up to 15mm in diameter.</p> <p>The plant only tolerates light and short-lived frosts and so, in the temperate zone, it will only succeed outdoors in the mildest regions.</p>

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