Abiu (Pouteria caimito)

Planted additional Abiu (Pouteria caimito) for Christmas day 2021.

Abiu is commonly propagated by seed; seedling trees usually begin fruit production in 3–4 years after planting. It is a tropical fruit tree originated in the Amazonian region of South America. It grows to an average of 33 feet (10 m) high, and can grow as high as 116 feet (35 m) under good conditions. 

 

Latexless Jackfruit

Latexless Jackfruit added in my collection along with the Malaysian Jackfruit. Its crisp and sweet golden yellow meat is fantastic. I will outplant more soon. 

Its fruits are round and only weights around 5-6kilos. The meat inside are golden yellow while the arils are white but no latex. 

 

Mulberry

Time to plant more Japanese and Australian Hybrid Mulberries. 

I have about 9 varieties of Mulberry already. They are perfect for my food forest. 

Australian hybrid are prolific and the fruits are much bigger compare to other varieties. 

 

Cobra Vine

Cobra vine (Ipomea nil). Grown from seeds from my lone mother plant. This is believed to be an effective therapy for snake bites, heart disease, fatigue, and its laxative effects that can soften stool when constipated.

These will be my additional plants to back up my lone mother plant. 

Dried pods with seeds inside and is ready for use. 

 

Sword Beans

Drying my Sword Beans (Canavalia gladiata) pods for a better matured seeds for planting. It's been growing for 6mos. now and still has some young pods coming out from its flowers.

It's going up the coconut and makes it challenging to get the dried brown pods.

Young pod of Sword Beans that is already good for cooking. 

For the availability of planting materials you can reach me and message me here or on my Facebook page — BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM.

 

Gin Berry

Gin Berry (Glycosmis pentaphylla) grown from seeds on my mother plant.

Gin Berry fruits are small in size but looks very attractive. 😍💕🌱

White Eggplant

‘Japanese White Egg’ is a heavy-yielding heirloom that will produce egg-shaped fruit, hearkening back to the origins of this vegetable’s name.

Ripening early, this container-friendly plant will reach maturity in around 65 days. The fruits of this variety are shaped like large eggs, about 2-3 inches long, and at their peak they are rich and creamy tasting.

I've been growing this eggplan variety for a year now. 

Seeds are available now including the dwarf purple eggplant. 

 

Batoko Plum

It's been a year from seeds and finally I outplanted my first Batoko Plum/Lobi-lobi (Flacourtia inermis), grown from seeds that I germinated last December 2020.

The fruits are edible and can be processed into wine.

Seedlings of Batoko Plum. There are still some available for release. You can also reach me at BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM Facebook Page. 

 

 

Kamagong Ponci

Outplanted last March 2020. This Kamagong Ponci (Diospyros poncei) is now at 6ft tall even with minimal care at the frequently flooded area. Diospyros poncei is threatened by continuing forest fragmentation and forest cover reduction as well as degradation through anthropogenic disturbances like charcoal making, illegal logging and shifting cultivation. The population is severely fragmented with subpopulations split across islands. The plant is classified as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019).

A year from now and it would be a different view! 

 

Nam-Nam (Cynometra cauliflora)

Additional on my rare fruit collection — Namnam (Cynometra cauliflora). It is native to Malaysia and it can  be found in South East Asia, India and Sri Lanka. The young fruit is very sour which is cooked with sugar to make a compote. 

Fruits of Nam-nam hanging in its stem. 

Germinated seeds extracted from the fruits of Nam-nam. Some seedlings as well. 

For availability of seedlings of Nam-nam you can contact us here or on our FB Page — BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM. 

 

Barbados Cherry

Planted additional Acerola cherry/Barbados Cherry (Malpighia emarginata) . It is native to Paraguay and Brazil in South America and Central America. It is known for being extremely rich in vitamin C. It also contains vitamins A, B1, B2, and B3, as well as carotenoids and bioflavonoids, which provide important nutritive value and have antioxidant uses. 

Photo of the mother tree which we got the cuttings for propagation.

Ripe Barbados Cherry or Acerola Cherry. 

For rooted cuttings you can drop us a message here or inquire at our FB Page — BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM.

 

New Banana Collection

Additional on my banana collection is the Pisang Seribu or 'thousand fingers' banana. Thousand Fingers bananas are seedless. The texture is soft and the flavor is very sweet. 

I was able to plant this one regular size sucker that I detached from the mother hill.

There are some small suckers with roots too. These small suckers needs to be grown first on polybags and wait for them to grow bigger soon before outplanting. 

For daily updates you can visit my FB page — BORIS PRIVATE SANCTUM. 

 

Dao or Pacific Walnut

Fruit fall of Dao or Pacific Walnut (Dracontomelon dao). Is a large tree that can grow up to 55 metres tall with buttresses up to 5 metres high. Fast growing and sun-loving tree species with edible leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. One of my top choice for refo and tree planting. 

The exact age of the tree is undetermined. As you can see the butress is already a meter high. This is one reason why species like this shouldn't be planted near on any concrete structures. 

This tree is a candidate to be listed as a heritage tree. 

A 10-month old Dao tree grown from seeds. 

The germinants of Dao are individually transferred to polybag for nursery.

For seeds and seedlings you can inquire at Boris Private Sanctum FB page — @Borisprivatesanctum

  

Antipas — North Cotabato Trip

We visited Engr. Andres Pedregosa's farm in Antipas, North Cotabato for a feast of some fruits from his harvest. He is also one of our Society of Native Tree Enthusiast (SONATA) master. A fruit farmer/collector and a certified native tree grower. 

The highly priced Musang King (D197) variety of Durian from his farm is one of his precious collection along with Sultan, Puwang-manee, Maridagao (a native durian variety) and also with his Malaysian Jackfruit along with Malaysian Jade Rambutan and Mangostene.

This is the Musang King Variety. The most expensive Durian cultivar to date. This is from Engr. Pedregosa's 16yr old mother tree. 

The appearance is very tempting. The seeds are so small and that means the flesh is thick. Its texture is so creamy and it melts in your mouth, Sweetness is fantastic. Absolutely perfect!

This Durian is a local cultivar called Maridagao. According to Engr. Andres Pedregosa this is from a very old 80yr.old mother tree in his farm. The taste is sweet and with bitterness just like with other native local varieties. Taste-testing this fruit from a 80 year old tree is very memorable. 

This is also a Durian variety called Sultan. The fruit size is regular about 1kilo each fruit. Taste sweet with a little bit of bitterness. Still a very good variety of Durian to grow. 

We also feasted on this excellent variety of Jackfruit. This is a Malaysian Jackfruit. This variety changes my tastebud for jackfruits, I am not very fond of it but this one is different. Its flesh is so thick, its appearance is very pleasing and the taste is so sweet and juicy. Engr. Andres already gave us last year some planting materials of this variety and there's no regret to have this in our collection. 

The thickness of its meat is very evident. One bite and you'll surely go for more. 

After feasting all the fruits. We came to check some of his seedlings in his nursery.

A proud SONATA master along with his seedlings, ready to be outplanted soon to his arboretum in Antipas, North Cotabato. 

We enjoyed the short visit a lot, and there will be another in the future.  Thank you so much Bro and more power to your advocacy!