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ABIU
Pouteria caimito
The Abiu is a spectacular fruit native to the Amazon region of northwest Brazil. The pulp has a smooth, creamy texture, and it tastes like caramel flan. Production thus far has been concentrated in southeast Brazil and in Australia.
Currently not available
Photo Credit: Ian Maguire (Pine Island Nursery)
ATEMOYA
Annona squamosa x Annona cherimola
Atemoya is a cross between the lowland sugar apple and the highland cherimoya. The fruit is fragrant and firm, and it has a snowy-white flesh of a fine texture. They are generally conical to heart shaped, and may weigh up to 5 pounds. The pulp has fewer seeds than the sugar apple and the flesh is not divided into segments. The yield may be increased through hand pollination.
Available now: African Pride
Image: © Champa Nursery
BARBADOS CHERRY
Malpighia punicifolia
The Barbados Cherry is a fast growing bushy tree that can be trained as a standard or shaped as a hedge. The fruit are sweet to sub-acid, and they are used extensively in juices throughout Latin America. The cherries are extremely high in Vitamin C, and just one has the equivalent Vitamin C content of 12 oranges combined. They are also used in jellies, jams, and they freeze without losing their Vitamin C content.
Available now!
Image: © Champa Nursery
BILIMBI
Averrhoa bilimbi
The Bilimbi is a close relative to the Carambola, but they are always extremely sour. The fruit is commonly used in Indian cooking and it is added to curries in the Far East. Relish and chutney are common uses for the fresh fruit throughout Latin America. There are many medicinal uses for the leaves, including the relief of coughing, inflammation and fever. The trees are prolific producers and will fruit at just 1-2 years of age.
Available Now!
Image: © Champa Nursery
Black Sapote
Diospyros digyna
The black sapote is an evergreen, handsome tree with glossy, dark green leaves. Fruit are greenish-brown when ripe, with thin skin and a chocolate-colored pulp. A spoonful of honey mixed into the pulp makes it glossy, shiny and tasty, living up to its popular name of Chocolate Pudding Fruit.
Available variety: Black Beauty, Wilson
Image: © Champa Nursery
Caimito
Chrysophyllum cainito
This beautiful shade tree has glossy, dark green leaves with a silky bronze color underneath. Caimito is a favorite in the Caribbean and Central America, as well as Southeast Asia. The fruit has a mild grape-like flavor, and is best eaten fresh.
Currently not available!
Image: © Champa Nursery
Canistel
Pouteria campechiana
The Canistel is a large, open, evergreen tree that has dark green leaves up to twelve inches long clustered at the tips of the branches. The fruit has a thin orange to yellow skin, and the pulp is dry like the yolk of a hard boiled egg. They are commonly eaten fresh, used in cooking and pies, and they are excellent in ice cream. In milk shakes they taste like eggnog. They are very similar in taste to the Lucuma from Andean countries.
Available variety: Arue, Bruce
Image: © Champa Nursery
Carambola
Averrhoa carambola
Carambola are small symetrical trees that fruit very prolifically. They are commonly eaten fresh, in salads, as garnishes and in drinks. The fruit have a sweet citrus-like flavor that is both delicious and refreshing.
Available variety: Arkin, Fwang Tung, Kari, Lara, and Sri Kembangan
Image: © Champa Nursery
Cashew Apple
Anacardium occidentale
The actual fruit is the nut, the "apple" is a swollen stem. Cashew "apple" is eaten fresh, candied, or stewed. They have a sweet and astringent taste, and are somewhat chewy. The nut itself is caustic until roasted, and they should be roasted outside because the fumes can be irritating. Under favorable conditions they can grow very fast, and they can fruit in just two years. The plants tolerate very poor soil and drought, but they are very cold-sensitive.
Currently not available!
Image: © Champa Nursery
Cherimoya
Annona Cherimola
The cherimoya is often considered one of the best-tasting fruits in the world, its a taste of tropics, yellow-green skin, rich and creamy white flesh with few black seeds. Very sweet fruity flavor, makes an excellent dessert fruit. Fruit achieves better flavor if allowed to ripen off the tree. Hand pollinate for more quality and reliable fruit set.
Currently not available
Image: © Champa Nursery
CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE
Eugenia aggregata
This delicious cherry is typically 1-2 inches long and oval in shape. When ripe, they are deep purple to black and have a full cherry-like flavor. The trees can be grown in large pots, hedged, or used as a specimen.
Currently not available
Image: © Champa Nursery
Chocolate Tree
Theobroma cacao
This beautiful tree has large, dark green leaves that shade the fruit pods which grow directly from the trunk and branches. The flesh is eaten as a dessert, and the seeds are the raw material of commercial chocolate. Hot chocolate can be made by drying, roasting and grinding the seeds, and then adding milk. Chocolate "beans" were used as money by the Maya Indians of Central America. The red pods are typically larger and have more abundant flesh.
Available Now: Yellow Cacao
Image: © Champa Nursery
DRAGON FRUIT
Hylocereus sp.
This climbing cactus is one of the most beautiful and widespread members of the Cactaceae family. The magnificent night blooming white flowers can be up to 14 inches in diameter. The fruit is most often eaten chilled and cut in half so that the flesh may be spooned out. The juice is used in frozen drinks and it has even been used as a Tropicana Twister flavor. The red fruit are high in lycopene, which is a natural antioxidant that is known to fight cancer and heart disease.
Available flesh color: White
Image: © Champa Nursery
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ABIU
Pouteria caimito
Achacha spectacular fruit native to the Amazon region of northwest Brazil. The pulp has a smooth, creamy texture, and it tastes like caramel flan. Production thus far has been concentrated in southeast Brazil and in Australia.
Currently not available
Photo Credit: Ian Maguire (Pine Island Nursery)
ATEMOYA
Annona squamosa x Annona cherimola
Atemoya is a cross between the lowland sugar apple and the highland cherimoya. The fruit is fragrant and firm, and it has a snowy-white flesh of a fine texture. They are generally conical to heart shaped, and may weigh up to 5 pounds. The pulp has fewer seeds than the sugar apple and the flesh is not divided into segments. The yield may be increased through hand pollination.
Available now: African Pride
Image: © Champa Nursery
BARBADOS CHERRY
Malpighia punicifolia
The Barbados Cherry is a fast growing bushy tree that can be trained as a standard or shaped as a hedge. The fruit are sweet to sub-acid, and they are used extensively in juices throughout Latin America. The cherries are extremely high in Vitamin C, and just one has the equivalent Vitamin C content of 12 oranges combined. They are also used in jellies, jams, and they freeze without losing their Vitamin C content.
Available now!
Image: © Champa Nursery
BILIMBI
Averrhoa bilimbi
The Bilimbi is a close relative to the Carambola, but they are always extremely sour. The fruit is commonly used in Indian cooking and it is added to curries in the Far East. Relish and chutney are common uses for the fresh fruit throughout Latin America. There are many medicinal uses for the leaves, including the relief of coughing, inflammation and fever. The trees are prolific producers and will fruit at just 1-2 years of age.
Currently not available
Image: © Champa Nursery
Black Sapote
Diospyros digyna
The black sapote is an evergreen, handsome tree with glossy, dark green leaves. Fruit are greenish-brown when ripe, with thin skin and a chocolate-colored pulp. A spoonful of honey mixed into the pulp makes it glossy, shiny and tasty, living up to its popular name of Chocolate Pudding Fruit.
Available variety: Black Beauty, Wilson
Image: © Champa Nursery
Caimito
Chrysophyllum cainito
This beautiful shade tree has glossy, dark green leaves with a silky bronze color underneath. Caimito is a favorite in the Caribbean and Central America, as well as Southeast Asia. The fruit has a mild grape-like flavor, and is best eaten fresh.
Currently not available!
Image: © Champa Nursery
Canistel
Pouteria campechiana
The Canistel is a large, open, evergreen tree that has dark green leaves up to twelve inches long clustered at the tips of the branches. The fruit has a thin orange to yellow skin, and the pulp is dry like the yolk of a hard boiled egg. They are commonly eaten fresh, used in cooking and pies, and they are excellent in ice cream. In milk shakes they taste like eggnog. They are very similar in taste to the Lucuma from Andean countries.
Available now: Arue and Bruce
Image: © Champa Nursery
Carambola
Averrhoa carambola
Carambola are small symetrical trees that fruit very prolifically. They are commonly eaten fresh, in salads, as garnishes and in drinks. The fruit have a sweet citrus-like flavor that is both delicious and refreshing.
Available variety: Arkin, Kari, and Sri Kembangan
Image: © Champa Nursery
Cashew Apple
Anacardium occidentale
The actual fruit is the nut, the "apple" is a swollen stem. Cashew "apple" is eaten fresh, candied, or stewed. They have a sweet and astringent taste, and are somewhat chewy. The nut itself is caustic until roasted, and they should be roasted outside because the fumes can be irritating. Under favorable conditions they can grow very fast, and they can fruit in just two years. The plants tolerate very poor soil and drought, but they are very cold-sensitive.
Currently not available!
Image: © Champa Nursery
Cherimoya
Annona Cherimola
The cherimoya is often considered one of the best-tasting fruits in the world, its a taste of tropics, yellow-green skin, rich and creamy white flesh with few black seeds. Very sweet fruity flavor, makes an excellent dessert fruit. Fruit achieves better flavor if allowed to ripen off the tree. Hand pollinate for more quality and reliable fruit set.
Currently not available
Image: © Champa Nursery
CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE
Eugenia aggregata
This delicious cherry is typically 1-2 inches long and oval in shape. When ripe, they are deep purple to black and have a full cherry-like flavor. The trees can be grown in large pots, hedged, or used as a specimen.
Currently not available
Image: © Champa Nursery
Chocolate Tree
Theobroma cacao
This beautiful tree has large, dark green leaves that shade the fruit pods which grow directly from the trunk and branches. The flesh is eaten as a dessert, and the seeds are the raw material of commercial chocolate. Hot chocolate can be made by drying, roasting and grinding the seeds, and then adding milk. Chocolate "beans" were used as money by the Maya Indians of Central America. The red pods are typically larger and have more abundant flesh.
Currently not available
Image: © Champa Nursery
DRAGON FRUIT
Hylocereus sp.
This climbing cactus is one of the most beautiful and widespread members of the Cactaceae family. The magnificent night blooming white flowers can be up to 14 inches in diameter. The fruit is most often eaten chilled and cut in half so that the flesh may be spooned out. The juice is used in frozen drinks and it has even been used as a Tropicana Twister flavor. The red fruit are high in lycopene, which is a natural antioxidant that is known to fight cancer and heart disease.
Available flesh color: White
Image: © Champa Nursery
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ABIU
Pouteria caimito
The Abiu is a spectacular fruit native to the Amazon region of northwest Brazil. The pulp has a smooth, creamy texture, and it tastes like caramel flan. Production thus far has been concentrated in southeast Brazil and in Australia.
Currently not available
Photo Credit: Ian Maguire (Pine Island Nursery)
Achacha
Garcinia Humilis
Achacha or Achachairu is somehow related to the purple Mangosteen. The taste is described as both bitter and sweet and is somewhat reminiscent of lemonade. Seeds are harder than Regular Mangosteen. The fruits are tough, bitter rind can be split open with a knife or with the teeth, and the edible part of the fruit sucked off the seed. Fruit ripens in December to March. Grows well in a container.
Available now! 3gal
Photo Credit: Champa Nursery
Avocado
Persea americana
Avocados are commercially valuable and are cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical throughout the world. They have a green to black-skinned, fleshy body that may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical. Commercially, they ripen after harvesting. Avocado trees are partially self-pollinating, and are often propagated through grafting to maintain predictable fruit quality and quantity
Currently not Available
Photo Credit: Champa Nursery
ATEMOYA
Annona squamosa x Annona cherimola
Atemoya is a cross between the lowland sugar apple and the highland cherimoya. The fruit is fragrant and firm, and it has a snowy-white flesh of a fine texture. They are generally conical to heart shaped, and may weigh up to 5 pounds. The pulp has fewer seeds than the sugar apple and the flesh is not divided into segments. The yield may be increased through hand pollination.
Available now in: African Pride 5gal and Lisa 5gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
BARBADOS CHERRY
Malpighia punicifolia
The Barbados Cherry is a fast growing bushy tree that can be trained as a standard or shaped as a hedge. The fruit are sweet to sub-acid, and they are used extensively in juices throughout Latin America. The cherries are extremely high in Vitamin C, and just one has the equivalent Vitamin C content of 12 oranges combined. They are also used in jellies, jams, and they freeze without losing their Vitamin C content.
Currently not available!
Image: © Champa Nursery
BILIMBI
Averrhoa bilimbi
The Bilimbi is a close relative to the Carambola, but they are always extremely sour. The fruit is commonly used in Indian cooking and it is added to curries in the Far East. Relish and chutney are common uses for the fresh fruit throughout Latin America. There are many medicinal uses for the leaves, including the relief of coughing, inflammation and fever. The trees are prolific producers and will fruit at just 1-2 years of age.
Currently not available!
Image: © Champa Nursery
Black Sapote
Diospyros digyna
The black sapote is an evergreen, handsome tree with glossy, dark green leaves. Fruit are greenish-brown when ripe, with thin skin and a chocolate-colored pulp. A spoonful of honey mixed into the pulp makes it glossy, shiny and tasty, living up to its popular name of Chocolate Pudding Fruit.
Currently not available!
Image: © Champa Nursery
Caimito
Chrysophyllum cainito
This beautiful shade tree has glossy, dark green leaves with a silky bronze color underneath. Caimito is a favorite in the Caribbean and Central America, as well as Southeast Asia. The fruit has a mild grape-like flavor, and is best eaten fresh.
Currently not available!
Image: © Champa Nursery
Canistel
Pouteria campechiana
The Canistel is a large, open, evergreen tree that has dark green leaves up to twelve inches long clustered at the tips of the branches. The fruit has a thin orange to yellow skin, and the pulp is dry like the yolk of a hard boiled egg. They are commonly eaten fresh, used in cooking and pies, and they are excellent in ice cream. In milk shakes they taste like eggnog. They are very similar in taste to the Lucuma from Andean countries.
Available now: Arue (25gal) and Bruce (25gal)
Image: © Champa Nursery
Carambola
Averrhoa carambola
Carambola are small symetrical trees that fruit very prolifically. They are commonly eaten fresh, in salads, as garnishes and in drinks. The fruit have a sweet citrus-like flavor that is both delicious and refreshing.
Available variety: Arkin (25gal)
Image: © Champa Nursery
Cashew Apple
Anacardium occidentale
The actual fruit is the nut, the "apple" is a swollen stem. Cashew "apple" is eaten fresh, candied, or stewed. They have a sweet and astringent taste, and are somewhat chewy. The nut itself is caustic until roasted, and they should be roasted outside because the fumes can be irritating. Under favorable conditions they can grow very fast, and they can fruit in just two years. The plants tolerate very poor soil and drought, but they are very cold-sensitive.
Currently not available!
Image: © Champa Nursery
Cherimoya
Annona Cherimola
The cherimoya is often considered one of the best-tasting fruits in the world, its a taste of tropics, yellow-green skin, rich and creamy white flesh with few black seeds. Very sweet fruity flavor, makes an excellent dessert fruit. Fruit achieves better flavor if allowed to ripen off the tree. Hand pollinate for more quality and reliable fruit set.
Available now: Dr. White 5gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE
Eugenia aggregata
This delicious cherry is typically 1-2 inches long and oval in shape. When ripe, they are deep purple to black and have a full cherry-like flavor. The trees can be grown in large pots, hedged, or used as a specimen.
Currently not available
Image: © Champa Nursery
Chocolate Tree
Theobroma cacao
This beautiful tree has large, dark green leaves that shade the fruit pods which grow directly from the trunk and branches. The flesh is eaten as a dessert, and the seeds are the raw material of commercial chocolate. Hot chocolate can be made by drying, roasting and grinding the seeds, and then adding milk. Chocolate "beans" were used as money by the Maya Indians of Central America. The red pods are typically larger and have more abundant flesh.
Available now: Yellow 3gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
DRAGON FRUIT
Hylocereus sp.
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ABIU
Pouteria caimito
The Abiu is a spectacular fruit native to the Amazon region of northwest Brazil. The pulp has a smooth, creamy texture, and it tastes like caramel flan. Production thus far has been concentrated in southeast Brazil and in Australia.
Available in September 2023:
Photo Credit: Ian Maguire (Pine Island Nursery)
Achacha
Garcinia Humilis
Achacha or Achachairu is somehow related to the purple Mangosteen. The taste is described as both bitter and sweet and is somewhat reminiscent of lemonade. Seeds are harder than Regular Mangosteen. The fruits are tough, bitter rind can be split open with a knife or with the teeth, and the edible part of the fruit sucked off the seed. Fruit ripens in December to March. Grows well in a container.
Available now! 3gal, 7gal and 15gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
Araza, Araca Boi
Eugenia sp.
Araza is a shrub or small tree growing up to 7-10ft with drooping branches and find foliage. It is very rare in Eugenia family and definitely a collectable plant. Fruit is soft bright yellow fragrant when ripe. Very juicy, sour-acid flavor. Fruit commonly used to flavor ice cream, sweets, and beverage.
Available now! 3gal and 7gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
Avocado
Persea americana
Avocados are commercially valuable and are cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical throughout the world. They have a green to black-skinned, fleshy body that may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical. Commercially, they ripen after harvesting. Avocado trees are partially self-pollinating, and are often propagated through grafting to maintain predictable fruit quality and quantity
Available now: Bacon 5&7gal, Fuerte 7&15gal
Russell 3gal
Photo Credit: Champa Nursery
ATEMOYA
Annona squamosa x Annona cherimola
Atemoya is a cross between the lowland sugar apple and the highland cherimoya. The fruit is fragrant and firm, and it has a snowy-white flesh of a fine texture. They are generally conical to heart shaped, and may weigh up to 5 pounds. The pulp has fewer seeds than the sugar apple and the flesh is not divided into segments. The yield may be increased through hand pollination.
Available now 3gal: African Pride #2 (AP2), Gefner, Red Gefner, and Lisa
Image: © Champa Nursery
BARBADOS CHERRY
Malpighia punicifolia
The Barbados Cherry is a fast growing bushy tree that can be trained as a standard or shaped as a hedge. The fruit are sweet to sub-acid, and they are used extensively in juices throughout Latin America. The cherries are extremely high in Vitamin C, and just one has the equivalent Vitamin C content of 12 oranges combined. They are also used in jellies, jams, and they freeze without losing their Vitamin C content.
Available now: 3gal, 7gal and 15gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
BILIMBI
Averrhoa bilimbi
The Bilimbi is a close relative to the Carambola, but they are always extremely sour. The fruit is commonly used in Indian cooking and it is added to curries in the Far East. Relish and chutney are common uses for the fresh fruit throughout Latin America. There are many medicinal uses for the leaves, including the relief of coughing, inflammation and fever. The trees are prolific producers and will fruit at just 1-2 years of age.
Available now 3gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
Black Sapote
Diospyros digyna
The black sapote is an evergreen, handsome tree with glossy, dark green leaves. Fruit are greenish-brown when ripe, with thin skin and a chocolate-colored pulp. A spoonful of honey mixed into the pulp makes it glossy, shiny and tasty, living up to its popular name of Chocolate Pudding Fruit.
Available now: Matt's Snow 3gal, 7gal and 25gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
Caimito
Chrysophyllum cainito
This beautiful shade tree has glossy, dark green leaves with a silky bronze color underneath. Caimito is a favorite in the Caribbean and Central America, as well as Southeast Asia. The fruit has a mild grape-like flavor, and is best eaten fresh.
Available now; Purple 3gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
Canistel
Pouteria campechiana
The Canistel is a large, open, evergreen tree that has dark green leaves up to twelve inches long clustered at the tips of the branches. The fruit has a thin orange to yellow skin, and the pulp is dry like the yolk of a hard boiled egg. They are commonly eaten fresh, used in cooking and pies, and they are excellent in ice cream. In milk shakes they taste like eggnog. They are very similar in taste to the Lucuma from Andean countries.
Available now: Bruce 3gal and 7gal, Oro 3gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
Carambola
Averrhoa carambola
Carambola are small symetrical trees that fruit very prolifically. They are commonly eaten fresh, in salads, as garnishes and in drinks. The fruit have a sweet citrus-like flavor that is both delicious and refreshing.
Available now: Arkin 7gal, Fwang Tung 7&15gal, Kari 7&15gal,
Sri Kembangan 3gal, 7gal &15gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
Cashew Apple
Anacardium occidentale
The actual fruit is the nut, the "apple" is a swollen stem. Cashew "apple" is eaten fresh, candied, or stewed. They have a sweet and astringent taste, and are somewhat chewy. The nut itself is caustic until roasted, and they should be roasted outside because the fumes can be irritating. Under favorable conditions they can grow very fast, and they can fruit in just two years. The plants tolerate very poor soil and drought, but they are very cold-sensitive.
Currently not available.
Image: © Champa Nursery
Cherilata
Annona Cherimola x Annona reticulata
This new and rare variety is crossed between a 'Spain' Cherimoya and a 'Tikal' Custard Apple. When ripe, the fruit is red outside and the flesh pinkish white with a sweet raspberry cream flavor. Hand pollinate is recommended for more quality and reliable fruit set.
Available in Sept 2023
Image: © Champa Nursery
Cherimoya
Annona Cherimola
The cherimoya is often considered one of the best-tasting fruits in the world, its a taste of tropics, yellow-green skin, rich and creamy white flesh with few black seeds. Very sweet fruity flavor, makes an excellent dessert fruit. Fruit achieves better flavor if allowed to ripen off the tree. Hand pollinate for more quality and reliable fruit set.
Currently not available
Image: © Champa Nursery
CHERRY OF THE RIO GRANDE
Eugenia aggregata
This delicious cherry is typically 1-2 inches long and oval in shape. When ripe, they are deep purple to black and have a full cherry-like flavor. The trees can be grown in large pots, hedged, or used as a specimen.
Currently not available!
Image: © Champa Nursery
Chocolate Tree
Theobroma cacao
This beautiful tree has large, dark green leaves that shade the fruit pods which grow directly from the trunk and branches. The flesh is eaten as a dessert, and the seeds are the raw material of commercial chocolate. Hot chocolate can be made by drying, roasting and grinding the seeds, and then adding milk. Chocolate "beans" were used as money by the Maya Indians of Central America. The red pods are typically larger and have more abundant flesh.
Available now: Yellow 25gal
Image: © Champa Nursery
DRAGON FRUIT
Hylocereus sp.
This climbing cactus is one of the most beautiful and widespread members of the Cactaceae family. The magnificent night blooming white flowers can be up to 14 inches in diameter. The fruit is most often eaten chilled and cut in half so that the flesh may be spooned out. The juice is used in frozen drinks and it has even been used as a Tropicana Twister flavor. The red fruit are high in lycopene, which is a natural antioxidant that is known to fight cancer and heart disease.
Available now in 1gal & 3gal: Yellow, Red and White flesh
Image: © Champa Nursery
