Tropical Fruit World - fruit tree directory

Fruit Tree Directory

Here you will find a list and brief description of the largest range of tropical fruit and bush foods on exhibition on one farm anywhere in Australia.

Growing new kinds of tropical fruit began here as a Brinsmead family project over 20 years ago. In those days, avocados and lychees were the new rage. Today, of course, they are common as mangoes.

About 10 years ago, we started to grow many other new things such as Black Sapotes, Casimiroas, and Sapodillas. These are now well know within the exotic fruit industry.

In recent years our horticultural enterprise has exploded with a vast array of new fruits from virtually every region of the world. These new arrivals will require a lot of experimentation and observation for a few more years.

Of late, we have begun to group this vast diversity of fruit according to their region of origin. The Inca Garden features the highland fruits from South America. There is an Amazon Garden, an Indian Garden, a Chinese Garden, and so on. So far we have 14 different research gardens.

We haven't forgotten our own region. A Bush Tucker Garden already features about 100 species of Australian native fruits, nuts and berries. We are well into the process of making a tour of the plantation resemble a mini-tour of the tropical fruit growing regions of the world.

The Magic Garden, however, is not a regional garden, but an exhibition of things ideally suited to the home garden. It features a wide range of shrubs with decorative appearance and delicious fruit. It suggests all kinds of exciting possibilities of eating from an ornamental garden.

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	origin	category	description
Devils Apple (Solanum capsicoides)		Solanaceae Rootstock
Devils Fig (Solanum torvum)		Solanaceae Rootstock
Dioon (Dioon edulis)	Mexico	Uncategorised	A cycad which is the world's slowest growing plant. Large nuts are edible after treatment.
Duku (Lansium domesticum)	South East Asia	Uncategorised	Medium size evergreen tree. Bunches of fruits similar to Longans with sweet aromatic flesh.
Durian (Durio zibethinus)	South East Asia	Uncategorised	Tall tropical tree. Large spiny fruits with a pungent odour and rich custardy flesh.
Dwarf Hog Plum (Spondias sp.)	Pacific	Uncategorised	Small shrub producing huge crops of tangy grape size fruits.
Dwarf Monkey Pot (Lecythis minor)	Brazil	Uncategorised	A dwarf version of the prized Monkey Pots. Yielding tasty nuts, produces fruits when only two metres tall, but is considered to be strictly tropical, so is under trial in our area.
Dwarf Peach		Bits and Pieces	Decorative tub specimens, space saver.
Earth Chestnut (Bunium bulbocastanum)		Bits and Pieces	Related to carrots - whole plant edible.
Ecuardorian Tamarillo (Cyphomandra betacea)	Peru	Uncategorised	Small short-lived tree. Produces sweet orange, egg-size fruit very high in Vitamin C.
Edwards		Mangoes	Large fruit, yellow blush, late, very sweet.
Eggfruit (Pouteria multiflora)		Bits and Pieces	A rare plant from the Amazon related to Canistel.
Eggplant - Golden Eggs		Bits and Pieces	Small plant, large crops of yellow egg size fruits.
Eggplant - Italian Pink		Bits and Pieces	Spectacular, glossy purple skinned fruit.
Eggplant - Italian Pink		Bits and Pieces	Spectacular, glossy purple skinned fruit.
Eggplant - White Bell		Bits and Pieces	Large white pear shaped fruit.
Elderberry (Sambacus nigra)	Europe	Uncategorised	Medium size tree producing bunches of shiny black berries used as a garnish and in wine making.
Elecampane (Inula helenium)	Europe	Uncategorised	Attractive small plant with large velvety leaves. Roots candied, also many medicinal uses.
Elephant Apple (Dillenia indica)	India	Uncategorised	Large tropical tree bearing large green fruit with "scales". Fruit has to be cooked.
Elephant Head Amaranth (A. gangeticus)		Bits and Pieces	Seeds for grain, leaves as a vegetable.