The Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus, also called bakeapple and dwarf mulberry is an alpine or sub-Arctic slow-growing perennial, 10-30 cm tall, fruit bearing shrub. Bakeapple is a member of the Rose family Rosaceae, the genus Rubus that occur naturally in the Northern Hemisphere from Alaska, cross ways to Canada to Greenland and Labrador. This fruit bearing [...]

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Alibertia, Alibertia edulis, also known as the Marmelada or Purui, is an upright, shrub, small or medium-sized open forest fruit bearing tree, not more than 8 m tall, with a trunk frequently branching near the base. Alibertia edulis, is indigene to open fields in the Amazonian River area of Brazil and has a rainfall requirement [...]

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The Atemoya, Annona cherimola x squamosa, is one of the nicest Annona's, having a great deal fruitier flavour than the cherimoya, Annona cherimola. The atemoya is a man-made crossbreed between the cherimoya fruit bearing tree, indigenous to the Andes Mountains, and the sugar apple, an indigenous to the Caribbean. The Atemoya is a reasonably fast-growing [...]

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Out of the 45 or more species of Rheedia, family Guttiferae, numerous species produce edible fruits. Possibly the best-known is the Bakupari also called bacoropary and pacura. This evergreen, average sized, 9-14 m tall and slow growing, fruit bearing tree, grows wild in south-eastern Brazil and neighboring Paraguay and it is seldom cultivated. The leaves [...]

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