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Why does no one plant Malay Apple?

parker25mv
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago

Malay Apple (not related to regular apples) is a tropical tree. It was brought to the Hawaiian islands by the Polynesians, where it is now known as 'Mountain Apple'.

The tree makes for a nice ornamental and produces exotic looking brush flowers. As a bonus, the tree also produces fruits, very refreshing, with a texture sort of like soft pear and a taste like apple, but more bland. The aroma of the fruit is slightly reminiscent of roses.

Why does no one in Southern California plant this tree?

It would be a lot better than all the ugly ficus I see planted around here.

http://great-hikes.com/blog/images/MountainAppleBlossoms.jpg

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