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Apple tree, Malus domestica, is the most common and recognizable fruit-bearing tree. Worldwide, 7500 varieties of apples are grown. Api or Christmas Apple is one of the oldest varieties in existence. Humans have been enjoying apples since at least 6500 B.C.
Baobab, Adansonia digitata, is the largest succulent fruit tree in the world.
Coco de mer, Lodoicea maldivica, is the world’s largest seed. "A single seed may be 30cm long, 90cm in circumference and weigh 20kg". The Coco de Mer fruit is a drupe.
Coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, botanically speaking is not a tree, since there is no bark, no branches, or secondary growth. A coconut palm is a woody perennial monocotyledon with the trunk being the stem. Additionally, the coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe not a nut.
Jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus, produces the largest tree-borne fruit. It reaches as much as 36 kg in weight and up to 90 cm long and 50 cm in diameter.
Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo biloba, is the most cold hardy nut tree. -50 °C (-58 °F). It is known as a 'living fossil', since it is the sole survivor of an ancient group of trees that date back to beyond the time of the dinosaurs.
Peach, Prunus persica, was once known as the Persian apple.
Satsuma Citrus reticulate, is the list cold hardy citrus tree. -10°C (14 °F).
Trifoliate orange, Poncirus trifoliata, is the coldest hardy citrus tree. -30 °C (-22 °F).
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Fruit and nut trees are special and unlike vegetables they will produce for a lot of years with a better return on effort than anything else in the garden.
In addition to fruit and nut production these trees can be value for shade, timber and as a support for climbing plants. Their crops are good sources of vitamins, minerals, fats and protein and make perfect snacks for kids.
While the planting location of a tree is highly important for a successful production of fruit and nuts, when selecting a fruit tree or a nut tree from your local nursery, some additional factors you should consider are:
* tree shape and size
* taste, texture and use of fruit
* time of harvest season
* disease and pest resistance.
Multi-Grafted trees are an alternative for small gardens where space is limited and several types of fruit are desired.

African plum | Prunier noir – Vitex doriana

Posted on September 08th, 2009 in Fruit Trees

African plum, Vitex doriana, is also known as Black plum, Prunier noir and/or mfuru. It is a deciduous small to medium sized, fruit bearing tree, up to 20 m tall; tree trunk branchless for up to 11 m and up to 90 cm in diameter.

Vitex doriana has a moderate rate of growth and is established largely in areas with an average yearly rainfall of 700-2000 mm. The African plum is a member of the Verbenaceae family and it is widely distribute in tropical Africa.

Leaves are opposite, compound, long stalked, with 3-7 leaflets, simple to elliptical, 4-25 cm × 2.5-10.5 cm. They are sold locally as a vegetable and they are consumed cooked. Leaf extracts (infusions) are added to alcoholic drinks to make them more alcoholic. Leaves are as well used as livestock fodder. Flowers are many, bisexual, 3-5 mm long with short dentition, white to pale purple in color.

African plum Fruit

The blackish, 2-3 cm long, oval fruit is edible and sweet and consumed largely raw. It is as well used to make jam and a drink is made from the fruit juice and cooked (boiled) fruits to be employed as the base for an alcoholic liquor and wine. The seeds within the fruit stone are edible too.

The fruit of the African plum matures early in the dry time of year, commonly picked up from the wild but are occasionally also gathered up from trees established on farms. Fruit has a good shelf-life and worthily nutritional value.

The African plum, Vitex doriana, has many applications in traditional medicine. Leaf sap is applied as an eye drop to address conjunctivitis and other eye problems. Pastes of pounded up leaves and bark are put on to wounds and burns. Bark, leaves, roots and fruits have medicinal value.

African plum Propagation methods

Propagation African plum is by seed, coppice, uncultivated plants and root suckers. Seeds are taken from fleshy pulp and soaked for 24 hours in cold water prior to planting.

African plum, Vitex doriana

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