Tropical Fruit Trees

Passion Fruit Vine Panama Red Large Red Skin Variety in a 3 Gallon Container. Passion fruit grow on a fast growing vine that climbs with tendrils. The flowers are large, showy, and extremely aromatic. They are also excellent butterfly attractants. The pulp is used extensively in fruit juice drinks like Hawaiian Punch, and it is often used in baked desserts as well. The Panama Red fruit typically get to be about the size of a goose egg. Self pollinating. The fruit mix well in alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and are also great in salads. Fast growing so will cover a wood/pvc fence fast and give them a green/natural look. Passion Fruit usually cost $3-4 a piece and a vine can produce 100's of fruit making it an excellent value.

Mulberry Tree Everbearing Variety in a 3 Gallon Container. Mulberries taste similar to blackberries, and they will stain your hands and lips like black berries as well. They are excellent eaten right out of hand, but they are often used to preserves, jellies, and jams. The leaves of the mulberry are cultivated in many parts of the world as food for silk worms. Everbearing produces small fruit almost year round.

The Blue Jaboticaba Fruit in a 3 gallon container all the way from Brazil has a thin dark purple almost blue in color fruit. The flesh sweet and juicy with on or two large seeds inside. People say that the fruit tastes like a juicy grape.

Cinnamon Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. Cinnamon is an evergreen shrub or small tree with dark, leathery, aromatic leaves. In cultivation young trees are cut back twice a year and sucker shoots develop from the roots. These long slender shoots furnish the bark that is the commercial product. The leaves are used in tea. Cinnamon is a very popular culinary spice and it is also used in candy, gum, incense, toothpaste and perfumes. The oil is used in medicine as a carminative, antiseptic, astringent and as the source of cinnamon extract. It's simple to this spice: you just peel the outer bark off, the branches, and leave it to dry in the sun. Once it's dry you'll have Cinnamon sticks.

Coffee Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. Coffee plants have small white, fragrant, star-shaped flowers that are clustered in the leaf axils. They resemble gardenias to which they are related. The edible fruits are small fleshy berries changing in color from green to yellow to red. Two greenish-gray seeds are covered with a thin membrane and are enclosed in a dry husk-like parchment. When only one seed develops it is known as a pea-berry and commands a higher price. The seeds can easily be dried, roasted and ground at home. Coffee plants are fairly easy to grow in the home as a potted specimen, which should be moved outdoors for the summer if possible.

Extremely Rare Ice Cream Bean Tree in a 3 gallon container. A large tree which produces bean pods up to 1 meter long which contain sweet, juicy, white pulp that has a soft cotton wool texture and tastes of vanilla ice-cream. Comes from Central and Southern America. Also know as guaba, inga cipo, guamo bejuro, pois sucre, rabo de mico, inga de metro, monkey tail. Makes a delectable snack for children.

White Sapote Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. The white sapote is a superb but delicate fruit that tastes like a rncreamy sugar cube. The fruit are typically baseball to softball size, and the trees begin fruiting in just one to rntwo years. They are best eaten fresh and chilled, but are excellent in ice cream and milkshakes as well. They are rnreputed in Mexico to have soporific effect. Fruit are extremely sweet and make a great treat.

Persimmon Tree Fuyu Variety Grafted in a 3 Gallon Container. This is the flat shaped fruit. The persimmon is a multitrunked or single-stemmed deciduous tree to 25 ft. high and at least as wide. It is a handsome ornamental with drooping leaves and branches that give it a languid, rather tropical appearance. . The color of the fruit varies from light yellow-orange to dark orange-red. The size can be as little as a few ounces to more than a pound. The entire fruit is edible except for the seed. Makes a great treat and is cold hardy will provide tropical tastes in cooler climates.

• Comes in 3 gallon container • Crisp texture, mild flavor, cooling effect on body • Tastes like an apple with hint of rosewater • Trees easily maintained at 10-12 feet, can grow to 40 feet • Fruits July to September • Patio/Indoor growing Zones 4-11, Outdoor growing Zones 10-11

Dragon Fruit Plant White Variety in a 3 Gallon Conatiner. This climbing cactus is one of the most beautiful and wide spread members of the Cactaceae family. The magnificent night blooming white flowers can be up to14 inches in diameter. The fruit is most often eaten chilled and cut in half so the flesh may be spooned out. The juice is used in frozen drinks and it is in a new Tropicana Twister flavor. The red fruit are high in lycopene which is a natural antioxidant that is known to fight cancer and heart disease. Fruit are expensive, usually $5-9 each in stores.

Green Sapote Tree Grafted in a 3 gallon container. This tree is popular in South and Central America. The green sapote is very closely related to the mamey. The fruit have a smooth, leathery, green skin that has a slightly reddish hue when ripe. The pulp is creamy and moist and they are typically single seeded. The flavor can be compared to a creamy pumpkin pie, and they are most often eaten fresh or in a milkshake.

The ilama fruit resembles the Cherimoya. The skin is pale green to deep pink or purple while the fruit has a custard consistency

• Comes in 3 gallon container • Flavor of passion fruit and grapes, scent of a red rose • Large, deep red fruit • Fruits May – June • Full sun, sun to partial shade • Indoor/Patio Growing (Zones 4-11), Outdoor Growing (Zones 9-11)

Pitomba Tree in 3 Gallon Container. Pitomba are another highly ornamental Eugenia from Brazil. The fruit have an apricot flavor and color. The trees can be container grown, hedged, or grown as a specimen.

Bay Leaf tree in a 3 gallon container. Bay Leaf refers to the aromatic leaf of the Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis, Lauraceae). Fresh or dried bay leaves are used in cooking for their distinctive flavor and fragrance. The leaves are often used to flavor soups, stews, braises and pâtés in Mediterranean Cuisine. The fresh leaves are very mild and do not develop their full flavor until several weeks after picking and drying.

The Moringa tree in a 3 gallon container is native to the Himalayan foothills in Northwestern India. Moringa is widely cultivated in areas such as Africa, Central and South America, Sri Lanka, India, Mexico, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It is believed to be one of the most useful trees in the world. The fruits are 6-8 inch long, brown in color and have six visible veins. The leaves are 1-2 feet long and leaflets are in pairs of 6 to 9, with a width of 1/4 inches. The seeds of Moringa Oleifera are triangular in shape and astringent in taste.

Dragon Fruit Plant Red Variety in a 3 Gallon Conatiner. This climbing cactus is one of the most beautiful and wide spread members of the Cactaceae family. The magnificent night blooming white flowers can be up to14 inches in diameter. The fruit is most often eaten chilled and cut in half so the flesh may be spooned out. The juice is used in frozen drinks and it is in a new Tropicana Twister flavor. The red fruit are high in lycopene which is a natural antioxidant that is known to fight cancer and heart disease. Fruit are expensive, usually $5-9 each in stores.

Grumichama Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. The grumichama is a small, compact tree that can be grown as a standard or shaped as a hedge. The plants have beautiful glossy dark green leaves and rough corky textured bark. Fruit deep purple to black when ripe and they have a flavor very similar to that of jaboticaba. They are most often eaten fresh and used in jelly. Very popular in Brazil and South America. Can be used to make a nice edible hedge.

Hollywoods best kept secret is the Goji berry The Goji berry also know as the Wolfberry is a cold hardy Perennial shrub with vining branches, it grows in many areas of the world. It can be eaten fresh. When dehydrated it taste similar to raisins. This is one of the easiest plants to grow organically. It's highly disease resistant and rarely bothered by insects. Just plant it and pick.

Strawberry/Catley Guava Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. Cattley Guava is a fairly slow growing shrub or small tree growing to a height of about 14 feet. The highly fragrant flowers are white followed by small green fruits that turn a bright red when ripe. Fruit size is about 1 1/2 inches. The Cattley can survive temperatures as low as 22F degrees, but prefers warm, humid weather. This guava can be grown indoors or out. Potted, it will only grow to about 5 feet. The shiny dark green leaves make it an excellent contrast to the bright red fruits. Fruits are very sweet. Makes a great shrub or hedge for privacy.

Paan/Betel Leaf Vine in a 3 gallon conatiner. The betel leaf plant is a branching vine, that may climb as high as 10-15ft, although it often grows as an understory ground cover. The betel leaf is used in a number of traditional remedies for the treatment of stomach ailments, infections, and as a general tonic. It is often chewed in combination with the betel nut (Areca catechu), as a stimulatory. Some evidence suggests that betel leaves have immune boosting properties as well as anti-cancer properties. Leaves are chewed as a stimulant. In India, betel is used to cast out (cure) worms. And according to traditional Ayurvedic medicine, chewing areca nut and betel leaf is a good remedy against bad breath (halitosis).They are also said to have aphrodisiac properties. In Malaysia they are used to treat headaches, arthritis and joint pain. In the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and China they are used to relieve toothache. In the Philippines, they are used specifically as a stimulant. In Indonesia they are drunk as an infusion and used as an antibiotic. They are also used in an infusion to cure indigestion, as a topical cure for constipation, as a decongestant and as an aid to lactation.

• Comes in 3 gallon container • Very close relative of the lychee • Brown leathery shell with sweet pulp that resembles that of a grape with one seed in the middle • Fruits are brown when ripe and extremely sweet • Fruits are about the size of a quarter • Produce more fruit than lychee trees • Fruits from July to September • Full sun • Indoor/Patio Growing (Zones 4-11), Outdoor Growing (Zones 9-11)

The Fairchild mango is known for it’s fiberless firm flesh and considered to be an excellent eating quality mango. This variety is small, pale yellow, juicy and aromatic. With little effort the tree can be maintained at a height of ten feet and grown in a container. It is considered to be a wonderful condo mango. The fruit ripens June to July.

Mulberry Tree Pakistan Variety in a 3 Gallon Container. Mulberries taste similar to blackberries, and they will stain your hands and lips like black berries as well. They are excellent eaten right out of hand, but they are often used to preserves, jellies, and jams. The leaves of the mulberry are cultivated in many parts of the world as food for silk worms. This is a collectors variety and produces fruit that are 4-6 inches long, a great conversation piece.

Sugar Cane Plant in a 3 Gallon Container. Sugar cane is a tall grass which looks rather like a bamboo cane. The cane plant is a coarse growing member of the grass family with juice or sap high in sugar content. This tropical plant is ready in 11-18 months. The mature stems may vary from 4 to 12 feet or more ill height, and in commercial varieties are from 0.75 to 2 inches in diameter. The stem has joints or nodes as in other grasses. Nice alternative to bamboo since it provides privacy and is edible. Sugar canes are extremely sweet.

Cherry of the Rio Grande Tree in a 3 Gallon Container. 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. Though Cherry of the Rio Grande is considered a "tropical cherry" it can easily tolerate temperatures to 20F degrees. Excellent eaten fresh or in jellies. Easily container grown to 6 - 8 feet and is self fruitful.

• Comes in 3 gallon container • Both a male and female tree are required to produce fruit • Rare Grafted Tree • Very close relative of the lychee and longan • Olive green skin, salmon colored pulp • Pulp is tart, tastes sweet and tangy • High in fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin C • Full sun or sun to partial shade, drought tolerant • Zones 9-13

Banana Plant IceCream Variety in a 3 Gallon Container. Ice Cream is considered a desert Banana, with other common names: 'Cenizo' of Central America and the West Indies; 'Krie' of the Philippines, is a relative of 'Bluggoe'. The flesh is white, sweetish, and tastes like vanilla ice cream and has the consistency of a custard, unlike the firm bananas we purchase in grocery stores. Often produces banana heads weighing 25 lbs.. Plants begin to bear in less than a year’s time.

The Araza fruit is the most collected plant. The fruits are soft bright yellow having a juicy fruit aroma.