The Longan is an equatorial, medium to large, 10 to 20 m tall evergreen fruit tree, with a heavy canopy. This highly ornamental tree has beautiful green leaves and bunches of yellow flowers that have a terrific scent. It is a close relation to Litchi but a good deal larger, stronger and less demanding, with [...]

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The Rambutan tree originated in the lands of the Malay Archipelago. It is an evergreen, medium-sized equatorial fruit tree that gets to a height of 10-20 meters. It is a member of the Sapindaceae family. Rambutan is close related to numerous other edible tropical fruits including the Mamoncillo, Lychee and Longan.

The leaves are alternate, 10-30 [...]

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The Barbados cherry is a small, 3-4m, evergreen fruit tree from Central America. A very decorative fruit tree specimen with its dense cover of glossy, dark green leaves with a pink tinge when new. The beautiful pink-purple flowers turn into ripe bright red, juicy, thin-skinned, cherry-like fruits, 2.5cm in diameter within weeks. The tree will [...]

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The Rose Apple is an evergreen attractive fruit tree from South East Asia. It is a hardy tree specimen with very few insect problems that produces vividly colored fruits, delicately sweet.

The Rose Apple is a small 7 to 10 meters evergreen fruit tree from South-East Asia. There are between four and five hundred [...]

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