Fruit trees we are looking for
We are looking for those seeds and/or plants that we would like to have in our tropical garden on the farm site.
Monk_Fruit (Siraitia_Grosvenorii)
Siraitia grosvenorii, is a perennial climbing plant native to southern China. It is one of four species of the genus Siraitia. He is known by the synonym of Momordica grosvenorii and Thladiantha grosvenorii. Other Siraitia species are Siraitia siamensis growing in Thailand, Siraitia sikkimensis and Siraitia silomaradjae growing in India, and Siraitia taiwaniana growing in Taiwan.The plant grows 3 to 5 m long, growing vertically by clinging and wrapping around other plants. The heart-shaped leaves are 10 to 20 cm long. The oval-shaped fruit, 5-7 cm in diameter, contains a sweet, edible pulp and many seeds. Its fruit is better known by its Chinese name luo han guo (罗汉果, 羅漢果, luóhàn guǒ, "fruit of the arhat").An extract of the fruit is 300 times sweeter than sucrose and is used as a natural food sweetener and an ingredient of traditional Chinese medicine. Intense sweetening glycosides, mogroside V, mogroside IV and siamenoside I which are responsible for the sweetness of the fruit.
Siraitia grosvenorii, is a perennial climbing plant native to southern China. It is one of four species of the genus Siraitia. He is known by the synonym of Momordica grosvenorii and Thladiantha grosvenorii. Other Siraitia species are Siraitia siamensis growing in Thailand, Siraitia sikkimensis and Siraitia silomaradjae growing in India, and Siraitia taiwaniana growing in Taiwan.The plant grows 3 to 5 m long, growing vertically by clinging and wrapping around other plants. The heart-shaped leaves are 10 to 20 cm long. The oval-shaped fruit, 5-7 cm in diameter, contains a sweet, edible pulp and many seeds. Its fruit is better known by its Chinese name luo han guo (罗汉果, 羅漢果, luóhàn guǒ, "fruit of the arhat").An extract of the fruit is 300 times sweeter than sucrose and is used as a natural food sweetener and an ingredient of traditional Chinese medicine. Intense sweetening glycosides, mogroside V, mogroside IV and siamenoside I which are responsible for the sweetness of the fruit.
Miracle_Fruit
The miracle fruit or miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) is a tree species of the family of Sapotaceae native to West Africa. Its fruit, the "miracle fruit", has the effect of suppressing the sensations of acidity and bitterness for 30 to 60 minutes.The berry itself has a low sugar content and a slightly sweet taste.The growth of the tree is slow. It can reach 6 meters.Its leaves, oval, are dark green.Its flowering lasts from August to December and its small white flowers give rise to numerous red fruits of oval form 2 to 3 cm long, ripe from October to April. Their white and tart pulp contains a single seed.The pulp of the "fruit miracle" has the property of covering the taste buds of the tongue which neutralizes the acidity of any other food, lemon for example, for about an hour, because it contains a glycoprotein called miraculin.Miraculin is starting to be used to soften bitter medicines especially in oncology since late 2005, a Japanese researcher found the way to preserve this fruit very quickly perishable by freeze-drying fruit.In Accra, Ghana, farmers make tablets from fruit juice, first frozen and dehydrated.
The miracle fruit or miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) is a tree species of the family of Sapotaceae native to West Africa. Its fruit, the "miracle fruit", has the effect of suppressing the sensations of acidity and bitterness for 30 to 60 minutes.The berry itself has a low sugar content and a slightly sweet taste.The growth of the tree is slow. It can reach 6 meters.Its leaves, oval, are dark green.Its flowering lasts from August to December and its small white flowers give rise to numerous red fruits of oval form 2 to 3 cm long, ripe from October to April. Their white and tart pulp contains a single seed.The pulp of the "fruit miracle" has the property of covering the taste buds of the tongue which neutralizes the acidity of any other food, lemon for example, for about an hour, because it contains a glycoprotein called miraculin.Miraculin is starting to be used to soften bitter medicines especially in oncology since late 2005, a Japanese researcher found the way to preserve this fruit very quickly perishable by freeze-drying fruit.In Accra, Ghana, farmers make tablets from fruit juice, first frozen and dehydrated.