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submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24489864

I recently received seeds of a strange funky fruit from a friend in the Amazon. We have no idea what it is, and Jim West can't tell from the photos that my friend sent to him either. There was a delay in getting the seeds here, but I stuck them in some soil two days ago, and they are already starting to sprout, so they seem like survivors!

It's a medium-small tree that fruits in February/March at ~800m elevation in SE Ecuador. If anyone knows what it is, please don't hesitate to comment.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Looks like cucurbitaceae but couldn’t say much beyond that. Brazil is not well known to me.

Was it growing on a vine?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, it would help a lot to know if it's a tree or vine.

If you only got the seeds though, it would also help to know the size of the seeds

[-] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

Seeds about the size and colour of jackfruit seeds but more flattened, so something like small/dry fava beans (though not quite that flat).

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