cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/31354476

Found on the ground in the forest near Sumaco National Park, Ecuador. Probably fell unripe, as it was hard and there were no other fruits like this on the ground in the area. Anyone have any ideas what it could be?

EDIT: I have inquired about the inside of the fruit, and even as the outside was still green and hard, the inside was reportedly brown and mushy with no distinguishing features.

EDIT again: Upon further inquiry, I have found out that the inside looked more like solid segments than the goop of a passionfruit.

It grew on its own, got three more like this one.

Google said wild lettuce, if so would that be edible? It has pricks all over.

Apparently grows very tall, I saw adults a hundred feet tall with tiny silver leaves growing on small branches sporadically on the trunk.

"Calijito" in quechua is what a local told me.

I think this one is typical from Australia/Victoria area.

I remember going into the Botanic gardens and getting a seed that was about the size of a big grape, putting to the ground and holding no hope.

Fast forward some time and a little branch was coming out. 3 summers later and this is what I've got.

I've tried planting lots of herbs but usually they won't grow. This time I was trying dill in a couple pots under different conditions to check what's work best. But I think this is actually moss?

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/27546872

Not my photos.

Some friends in the Amazon recently discovered a new native fruit growing near their place, and they are now planting it in their food forest. The fruits that they found were already damaged, but the one shown in the thumbnail photo was mostly okay, and they said that the flavour reminded them of sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) and mango. The outer layer of pulp is sweeter than the segments around the seeds.

Immediately after ripening the fruits, the tree is flowering again, which is very fortunate for ID purposes.

I'd say that it's Porcelia mediocris based on the photos. Those flowers are clearly Annonaceae, and the shape of the fruit resembles other Porcelia fruits that I've seen. I arrived at the ID using these sources:

• list of Porcelia species
• This one is native to their region.
• visual confirmation of the fruit

Can anyone confirm? Does anyone think that it's something else?

iNaturalist said in the grape vine family which feels wild to me, if it is then having wild grapes growing around was not what I was expecting.

This was in the back of the house and I thought it was a rhododendron but I just noticed it gives fruit. I opened one of these things and I licked it out of curiosity. It seems to taste like a sweet Cherry with a mild stringent after taste. I assume I'll live since this was yesterday. So what the heck is this plant? It has waxy leaves.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24489864

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.

EDIT

Photos of the tree itself and its leaves:

Well it looked juicy, fruity, sugary to me, I did not try it. In this hot, dry, rocky landscape, this juicy wonder really sticks out.

Location is Sardinia.

It's all over the place here in Sardinia, makes it all look so nice.

Leaves look like this:

it's growing in the same flower pot as the other one, about 80cm high.

It's like two meters high and growing in the flower pot i use to empty the birds water dish in.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/21079298

Most likely a Pouteria species, and (judging by the name) probably native to the (Ecuadorian?) Amazon, and probably bears edible fruit, but I don’t know any of that for sure. Anyone have an idea as to what it could be?

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20765862

Most likely a Pouteria species, and (judging by the name) probably native to the Chocó biome of NW Ecuador and/or the Pacific coast of Colombia, and probably bears edible fruit, but I don’t know any of that for sure. Anyone have an idea as to what it could be?

Not my photo, but the photographer doesn't know what it is, and I don't either. Understory herbaceous thing.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20395361

Judging by the name, probably native to the coast of Ecuador, and probably bears edible fruit, but I don't know that for sure. Anyone have an idea as to what it could be?

I really would love to know what it is, and also I kind of want one, so let me know if there's a reason I shouldn't.

I tried researching, but I stumbled upon conflicting results. Anyone familiar with this one?