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, [...]

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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 species, [...]

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The Plum is a hardy, long-lived (100 years), 4m-8m, deciduous tree native to Iran and China. There are several hundred species of prunus. Young trees respond well to rich fertile soil, and mature trees prefer heavy clay soil and surface planting is recommended. // < ![CDATA[ google_ad_client = "pub-8872952076591040"; /* 336x280, created 2/23/09 */ google_ad_slot = [...]

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