Botanical Name
Common Name
Region of Origin
Description
Months
available
100
seeds
Packet
($5)
Aiphanes aculeata (caryotifolia)
corozo
AM
Ornamental palm,
fruit and seed are edible.
most
$20
Alibertia edulis
purui
AM
Small
dioecious tree, borojo-like fruit.
10 - 4
$10
Annona muricata
guanabana
AM
Seed from
a variety of local types.
most
$10
Annona montana
Bolivian cherimoya
AM
15cm.fruits,
nicely aromatic like guanabana but fibrous
most
$10
Antidesma bunis
bignay
AS
Dioecious tree,
producing bunches of subacid, very purple fruits.
6 - 8
$10
Artocarpus
odoratissimus
marang
AS
From the
Philippines, very good.
4
- 6
$20
Artocarpus x hybrid
champejak
AS
A firm fleshed type.
9 - 1
$50
Artocarpus integer
champedek
AS
Similar to jakfruit with stronger odor and flavor
4-10
$40
Averrhoa
bilimbi
bilimbi
AS
Sour fruits
are usually used for pickling.
most
$10
Baccaurea
dulcis
menteng
besar
AS
Dioecious. Tasty
4 cm. subacid fruits.
3 - 8
$20
Baccaurea
macrocarpa
tampoi
AS
Like
B. dulcis, fruits slightly larger and sweeter.
4 - 6
$30
Bactris
setulosa
chontilla
RG
Clumping palm,
the scant pulp surrounding the seed is made into
a drink.
most
$20
Bellucia grossularioides
coronilla
AM
small-medium tree, pretty, flowers and fruits
most
$5
Bixa
orellana
dwarf annatto
AE
Begins to
produce when 50 cm. tall.
most
$10
Borojoa
patinoi
borojo
CH
Legendary Colombian
fruit prized for its tonic, cure-all, and aphrodisiac
qualities. Dioecious.
most
$10
Carica
monoica
col
de monte
AE
Bland-tasting
8 cm. papaya-like fruits, leaves eaten cooked.
most
$20
Caryodendron sp.
dwarf inchi
AE
Nuts identical to C. orinocense but smaller, tree small, precocious, monoecious.
4 - 5
$30
Casearea
obovalis
puma
muyo
AE
Attractive
bush, 3 cm. yellow fruits, scant sweet pulp surrounding
the seeds.
irreg.
$10
Casearea sp.
-
RG
Small tree, green fruits almost identical to those of C. obovata
most
$10
Chrysophyllum
venezolens
caimito
AE
The sweet
8 cm. fruits are usually eaten cooked.
irreg.
$30
Clavija
spp.
mongon
CH
Small unbranched tree, large 5 cm. edible fruits.
most
$20
Cola
acuminata
kola
AF
The
caffein-rich seeds are used for cola drinks.
2
- 5
$80
Costus
guanaiensis var. macrostrobilus
canahuate
CH
Large 10
cm. flowers eaten in salads. Sour, aromatic juice
is squeezed from stalks, diluted and sweetened
for juice. Medicinal for kidneys.
most
$5
Diospyros
discolor
mabolo
AM
Looks
like a peach
3
- 6
$30
Elettaria
cardamomo
cardamom
AS
Used as
a sweet or savory spice, in Arab coffee, chewed
after meals.
most
$5
Eugenia sp.
dwarf mulchi
AE
small bush, 3 cm fruits whose scant pulp is sweet and spicy
most
$40
Eugenia
stipitata
araza, INPA
types
AE
From seed
selected at INPA, Manaus for quality and transportability.
most
$20
Eugenia
tomentosa
cabeludo
AM
Attractive
bush, 3 cm. yellow fruits
10
- 2
$30
Eugenia
uniflora
Surinam
cherry
AM
From a
variety of red and black fruited types.
9
- 1
$10
Eugenia uvalha
uvalha
AM
6 cm fruits with araza-like aroma and flavor are
orange when ripe.
most
$20
Eugenia
victoriana
guayabilla
CH
Small tree,
beautiful shiny orange 6 cm. fruits, acidic and
highly aromatic, excellent flavor for juice
and jam.
most
$20
Flacourtia jangomas
paniala
AS
sweet fruited type
3-6
$10
Garcinia intermedia
cherry mangosteen
AM
small tree, 2 cm sweet fruits
most
$20
Garcinia
magnifolia
madrono
CH
Not the
Amazonian R. macrophylla, this precocious Choc-
plant has 40 cm. leaves, nice subacid 5 cm.
fruits, dioecious.
most
$30
Garcinia
mangostana
mangosteen
AS
The queen
of fruits.
5
- 7
$40
Garcinia
prainiana
cherapu,
button mangosteen
AS
6
cm. orange subacid fruit with nice flavor. Dioecious
most
$40
Garcinia sp.
madrono de monte
CH
large 10 cm x 8 cm subacid fruits
most
$50
Garcinia macrophylla
pungara
AE
fruits 6-8 cm x 5 cm with nipple at apex, relatively hard rind, sweet.
most
$40
Herrania
spp.
cacao de
monte
RG,AE
Four
beautiful Ecuadorian species. Edible pulp and
seeds.
most
$30
Inga edulis
guaba
AE
ice cream bean
7-9
$30
Inga
spp.
guabos
RG
From several
local and introduced species.
8
- 11
$20
Juglans
neotropica
tocte
CH,AE
Black
walnut, used as food and dye.
12-2
$100
Jacaratia sp.
tambor
AE
Large tree, papaya-like fruit
most
$20
Lacmellea sp.
chicle muyo
AE
dwarf tree with larger fruit than other lacmelleas.
sweet milky sap and pulp eaten or made into chewing
gum
most
$20
Lansium
domesticum
duku-langsat
AS
This is neither langsat nor duku but a third type with
characteristics between the two.
4
- 8
$30
Litsea
garciae
engkala
AS
Avocado-
like fruit.
2 - 3
$40
Lycopersicon esculentum
tomato
RG
A native tomato with tiny 1 cm fruits.
most
$10
Mouriri
sp
muriri
AE
Small cauliflorous tree, ornamental, very sweet pulp surrounds the seeds
2-5
$30
Nephelium
lappaceum
rambutan
AS
From a
variety of good freestone types of different origins.
3
- 7
$30
Pachira aquatica
piscandi
CH
nuts edible raw or roasted.
2-7
$40
Passiflora
macrophylla
granadilla de
monte
RG
An unusual bush passionfruit with huge 80 cm. leaves.
irreg.
$40
Passiflora
spp.
-
-
check
either box to receive information about local spp.
available.
-
Pentagonia
grandiflora
pentagonia
RG
Small
upright tree. The large leaves and 6-8 cm. sweet edible
fruits are clustered near the ends of the branches
most
$10
Pereskia
aculeata
barbados
gooseberry
AM
Small
leafy cactus vine, small tart fruits
most
$20
Plinia
cauliflora
jaboticaba
AM
Sweet grape-like
fruits borne on trunk and branches.
most
$10
Pouteria sp.
lucma de monte
CH
10 cm fruits like those of the lucma (P. lucuma)
11-12
$50
Plukenetia volubilus
ticazo
AE
Precocious vine
producing star-shaped fruits, the roasted seeds
are eaten.
most
$20
Posadaea
sp.
-
RG
A cucurbit
vine, but the 8 cm. orange fruits are reminiscent
of a sweet passionfruit. Also edible green,
as vegetable.
irreg.
$10
Pourouma
cecropiifolia
tree grape
AE
Large, fast
growing, dioecious tree.
most
$20
Psidium
angulatum
guayaba agria
AM
8 cm.
acidic fruits are very aromatic, good in juice and
jam.
most
$5
Psidium
friedrichsthalianum
cas guava
RG
4 cm.
acidic fruits are very aromatic, good in juice and
jam.
irreg.
$5
Psidium
guineense
guisaro
AM
Small sweet
fruits with nice flavor.
most
$5
Quararibea
mestonii
sapote
del monte
RG
6-8
cm yellow fruits similar to Q. cordata
most
$30
Quararibea
obliquifolia
sapotillo
AE
Handsome
precocious tree, 3 cm. yellow fruits.
most
$20
Raimondia
sp.
guanabana
de monte
RG
Small tree.
Pretty yellow fruits, 10 x 3 cm., are like an Annona
in structure, flavor somewhat bland.
most
$20
Rhodomyrtus
tomentosa
Ceylon hill
cherry
AS
Ornamental bush,
small purple fruits are sweet and good.
7
- 11
$10
Rollinia
deliciosa
anon
AM
From large-fruited,
small stature trees.
most
$20
Salacca affinis
red salak
AS
Bright red fruits are more juicy and aromatic than the bali salak, subacid w/ some astrigency, tasty. dioecious .
most
$50
Salacca
edulis
salak
AS
Monoecious Bali
type.
most
$40
Salacca wallichiana
thai salak
AS
Large dioecious palm, fruits tart, juicy and aromatic .
most
$80
Sandoricum
koetjape
santol
AS
Fruits
to 15 cm, subacid to sweet
3
- 6
$40
Selenicereus megalanthus
pitahaya
AM
climbing cactus with yellow fruit
most
$10
Sicana
odorifera
giron
AM
From Colombian
and local types.
most
$5
Solanum
caripense
tzimbalo
RG
Tomato-like plant,
the 1-1/2 cm. sweet fruits are green with purple
stripes.
most
$5
Solanum
hirsutissimum
naranjilla
AE
5 cm.
acid to subacid fruits, nice flavor.
most
$5
Solanum
muricatum
pepino
AM
From local
types.
most
$10
Solanum pseudolulo
naranjilla del monte
RG
3 cm sweet fruits, orange pulp
most
$5
Solanum
sessiliflorum
cocona
RG
Large fruited
local type.
most
$5
Solanum
sp.
baquicha
AE
Ornamental
bush like small-leaf S. quitoense, 1 - 2 cm. sweet
red fruits.
most
$5
Synsepalum dulcificum
miracle fruit
AF
It's a miracle .
8
- 11
$30
Synsepalum subcordatum
munga
AF
Medium tree, the abundant beautiful edible red cauliflorous fruits do not have the miracle fruit effect.
2
- 4
$40
Syzygium
polycephalum
gowak
-
Purple
subacid fruit
2
- 4
$20
Tabernaemontana
sananho
tsicta
AE
Ornamental
bush with 4 cm.paired edible fruits.
most
$10
Theobroma
angustifolia
cacao
de monte
AE
Non-bitter,
cacao-like seeds.
irreg.
$80
Theobroma
cacao
cacao
AE
Chocolate.
3 - 10
$30
Theobroma
gileri
cacao
de monte
RG
Edible
pulp.
3 - 10
$50
Theobroma
glauca
cacao
de monte
AE
This
one has the showiest flowers and very tasty fruit.
irreg.
$80
Theobroma
grandiflorum
cupuassu
AE
Edible
pulp and seeds.
3
- 5
$80
Theobroma
subincanum
cupui
AE
Nice
edible pulp.
3
- 6
$50
Botanical Name
Common
Name
Region
of Origin
Description
Months
available
100
seeds
Packet
($5)
Anthurium
spp.
-
RG
Check
either box to inquire about local spp. available
-
Arecaceae
-
Check either box to inquire about local spp. available
-
Asplundia aff.
pycnantha
totora
RG
Root climber,
bifid leaves 50 cm. x 80 cm.
irreg.
$10
Bixa
orellana
dwarf annatto
AE
Begins to
produce when 50 cm. tall.
most
$10
Browneopsis sp
clavellin "orlando"
CH
large tree, large white flowers
irreg.
$2
each
seeds
Browneopsis ucayalina
cruz caspi
AE
Very showy new leaves, see fotos in my flickr album
irreg.
$4
each
seeds
Carludovica palmata
Panama hat
plant
RG
Unopened leaves
used for crafts, "heart" eaten.
8 - 11
$5
Cassia sp.
-
RG
Small tree,
remains in flower much of the year.
most
$10
Castilla elastica
castile rubber
RG
Previously a
commercial source of rubber, still used locally.
12
- 2
$10
Clavija
spp.
mongon
CH
Small unbranched tree with long flowering racemes. large 5 cm. edible fruits.
most
$20
Costus guanaiensis
var. macrostrobilus
canahuate
CH
2
m. purple stems, the 10 cm. flowers are edible.
most
$5
Costus
guanaiensis var. tarmicus
cana
agria
RG
2
m. purple stems with swollen bamboo-like nodes.
most
$5
Erythrina smithiana
poroton
RG
Bright red
flowers and seeds.
most
$20
Etlingera
venusta
-
AS
One
of the nicest of the gingers, beautiful in fruit
as well as in flower
most
$10
Flemengia
macrophylla
-
AM
Fast growing
bush used as ground cover.
most
$10
Heliconia
aemygdiana ssp.transandina
heliconia
RG
Large upright
inflorescense.
most
$10
Heliconia
sclerotricha
heliconia
RG
Pendent, dark
red inflorescence.
2
- 8
$10
Heliconia
spp.
-
-
Check
either box to inquire about local spp. available
-
Herrania
spp.
cacao de
monte
AE
5 beautiful spp.
most
$30
Mucuna
pruriens
velvet
bean
AM
Without
irritating hairs
most
$20
Ochroma lagopus
balsa
RG
Besides the
wood, seed pods are used like kapok.
most
$10
Palicourea
sp.
floron
RG
Beautiful
flowering bush, inflorescence red and yellow.
1
- 5
$10
Palmae
check either box to receive information about local
spp. available
-
Pachira insignis
sachapatas
AE
large flowers with 30 cm red bracts
irreg.
$50
Parmentiera
cerifera
candle tree
AM
The hanging
fruits look like large waxy candles.
most
$5
Pereskia
aculeata
barbados
gooseberry
AM
Small
leafy cactus vine, white flowers
most
$20
Palicourea sp.
AE
purple pali AE Purple flowers
most
$20
Posoqueria
maxima
RG
queen
of the Posoquerias, large broad leaves, fragrant
25 cm. flowers
7
- 8
$40
Quararibea obliquifolia
sapote
de monte
AE
Small
precocious tree with pagoda branching. Flowers and
fruits most of the year.
most
$20
Randia ruiziana
-
AM
Bush with fragrant tubular white 12 cm. flowers
most
$10
Solanum
mammosum
RG
Bright orange
poisonous fruits shaped like cow udder!
most
$5
Tabernaemontana
sananho
tsicta
AE
Ornamental
bush with 4cm.paired fruits
most
$10
Tabernaemontana
sp.
tigers
teeth
RG
Small
bush, pointed paired fruits.
irreg
$30
Theobroma
glauca
cacao
de monte
AE
Masses
of red flowers cover trunk. Edible fruits and seeds.
irreg
$80
Triplaris guayaquilensis
fernan sanchez
RG
large pink bracts, see fotos in my flickr album
12 - 1
$30
Uvaria ovata
AF
Bush
with nice flowers and fruits
most
$20
Zamia
roezlii
palma
goma
RG
Copper-colored
new leaves.
most
$80