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mystery funky fruit from the Amazon
(slrpnk.net)
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.
Looks like cucurbitaceae but couldn’t say much beyond that. Brazil is not well known to me.
Was it growing on a vine?
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
Seeds about the size and colour of jackfruit seeds but more flattened, so something like small/dry fava beans (though not quite that flat).