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, I found its name😊
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I went out to snap some pictures of coffee trees that grow on a big nursery in Rawakalong, Bogor, West Java, 2 weeks ago. I didn't create a post when I got back home because I don't know the name of the plant that I found there. My husband and I have been there for 3 times. First, we just passing by and I spotted the coffee tree behind the wall from the street. We didn't stop by because it's too late. The second time, we did check on the coffee tree and I found the cashew tree😊. The third time, we really need to snap the coffee trees and explore the other side of the plants nursery.
this big tree behind the durian and mbacang tree, I spotted some fruits when I get closer
While My Hubby and the nursery caretaker taking a different path from me, I was curious about the tree and its fruits. I never seen that tree and the fruit😊 so I asked Mas Lilik, the caretaker, what tree is it? He said it's Gandaria aka Bouea Macrophylla😯
No Way!
lucky that I found Gandaria/jatake Fruit, few weeks earlier from the street vendor
I posted the picture of that fruit and tree on facebook and from more than 12 comments,
I found many species of garcinia and the close one to identify the fruit in my picture is garcinia atrovidis
The article in english not provide many information but the one in Bahasa Indonesia, just gives me the idea to create this post. This fruit wellknown as Asam Gelugur/Gelugo and native to South and South East Asia, especially Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. People might known this fruit after sundried and use it in many cuisines like curry and soups.
The taste is very acidic and the leaf also can be use for herbal medicine to cure Malaria. I think I was lucky to see the tree with my own eyes😊. Chivet is the vector which spread the seeds. It's an evergreen tree and produce the fruits in no season but the best time to harvest it is at the end of rainy season and dry season.
the tree has 100 years life span, but only 35 years if you cut the roots to cultivate a new tree😱
The article said that there 3 ways to grow the tree, by growing the seeds, which will take 7 years to start produces it fruits and the chance of fail if it's a male tree😂. Then by root's grafting and shoot's grafting which also more efficient because it will follows the mother tree.
here is the important clue to identify the fruits from mangosteen family
The ripe fruit has yellow to orange colour and the shape looks like pumpkin, wavy. To use this fruit as food ingredient, we will need to dry it under the sun till it turn black and dried. There are 2 types of this fruit, a stone and a water, I don't really know which type the one I found, though. The nursery caretaker seems not really care about the tree and its fruits that fell to the ground😢 but I couldn't find any seeds to take home too.
the coffee trees and the model😉
I will ask my hubby to post something about his hunting for coffee tree later😉
Thanks for stopping by and Have a wonderful day💖👐
all pictures were taken with Samsung Note3 and edited with incollage app, you can search on wikipedia about garcinia antrividis too