Mamoncillo is known in Florida as the Spanish Lime. It has many names in the different areas in which it grows. Ginep is one and there are several spellings of that. The tree originates in tropical America from the lowlands up to 6000ft in the mountains. It is frost hardy to about 27F.
These seedlings are from trees producing particularly large sweet fruit. As in papayas, the trees are mostly male or female with a few producing blooms of both sexes and able to fruit on their own. It is a beautiful tree that will get to 85ft in the tropics. Much smaller in Florida, of course. It is not particular to soil types and is very drought tolerant. Once established it needs no care at all.
These trees are an interesting study for bonsai. As fruit trees, they have long racemes of fragrant white blooms followed by grape like clusters of fruit. Individual fruits look likes small limes. The fruit has a leathery skin that easily cracks and peels away from the orange flesh of the fruit. It is somewhat like a lychee with a sweet sub acid flavor. The thin flesh surrounds a large white seed. These can be roasted and eaten like nuts.
These seedlings are from trees producing particularly large sweet fruit. As in papayas, the trees are mostly male or female with a few producing blooms of both sexes and able to fruit on their own. It is a beautiful tree that will get to 85ft in the tropics. Much smaller in Florida, of course. It is not particular to soil types and is very drought tolerant. Once established it needs no care at all.
These trees are an interesting study for bonsai. As fruit trees, they have long racemes of fragrant white blooms followed by grape like clusters of fruit. Individual fruits look likes small limes. The fruit has a leathery skin that easily cracks and peels away from the orange flesh of the fruit. It is somewhat like a lychee with a sweet sub acid flavor. The thin flesh surrounds a large white seed. These can be roasted and eaten like nuts.
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