The Feijoa, Feijoa sellowiana, also known as Pineapple Guava or Guavasteen, is an evergreen shrub or small sub-tropical fruit bearing tree, reaching heights from 1-7 meters. Feijoa is indigenous to the highlands of tropical Southern Brazil and parts of Colombia and Uruguay. //< ![CDATA[ //]]> Feijoa sellowiana leaves are opposite, thick, leathery, smooth, range from [...]

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Bolwarra, Eupomatia laurina, also known as Native Guava is a large shrub or small fruit bearing tree, 3-5 meters in height, indigenous to Eastern Australia and New Guinea. Eupomatia laurina is a primitive flowering plant, commonly growing as an understory in tropical rain-forest or wet sclerophyll woodland. //< ![CDATA[ //]]> Eupomatia laurina is frequently multi-trunked [...]

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Armadillo, Chrysophyllum soboliferum, is a native, fruit bearing plant, to scrub-land parts of Central tropical Brazil and Paraguay. It is a large, creeping shrub, no more than 30-45cm above ground but it is a great deal interlinked by underground large networks of roots, branches and trunks. The Armadillo is not cultivated but is regionally very [...]

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The Babaco, Carica pentagon, also known as Mountain Papaya and Champagne Fruit, is a very close relative of the Pawpaw. In fact the Babaco is a natural but infertile hybrid between mountain Pawpaw species in Ecuador. It is a small, sub-tropical, evergreen, fruit bearing tree that can grow at high altitudes over 2,000 meters, and [...]

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