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
Herbert River Cherry (Antidesma bunius)		Australian Bush Tucker	A small tree with bunches of very tasty apple-scented red or white fruit.
Himalayan Ambarella (Spondias axillaris)	Northern India	Uncategorised	Fast growing attractive large tree. Bears sweet medium size fruit with a unique texture.
Honey Dew Pawpaw (Carica goudotiana)	South America	Pawpaw and relatives	This type well known for its high fruit production.
Honey Locust (Gleditsia tricanthos)	USA	Uncategorised	Large deciduous tree. Produces long pods with a sweet honey taste. Eaten raw, ground for flour or used as a stock feed.
Honey Locust Thornless (Gleditsia tricanthos-inermis)	USA	Uncategorised	A similar tree as above, but thornless and usually smaller.
Horseradish Tree (Moringa pterygosperma)	India	Uncategorised	Medium size deciduous tree. The roots, young leaves and fruits are all edible. Drumstick tree.
Hottentot Bean (Schotia afra)	South Africa	Uncategorised	Medium size evergreen shrub. Long pods contain large edible seeds, eaten fresh while still partly green or boiled/roasted.
Ice Cream Bean (Inga sp.)	South America	Uncategorised	Large evergreen tree. Produces long pods filled with sweet "fairy floss" flesh around seeds. Several varieties grown.
Ilama (Annona diversifolia)	Central America	Uncategorised	Medium size custard apple relative bearing fruits with pink flesh.
Imbe (Garcinia livingstonei)	East Africa	Uncategorised	Small shrub with stiff foliage bears small orange fruits with a juicy pleasant acid flavour.
Imbu (Spondias tuberosa)	Brazil	Uncategorised	Medium size tree. Bears large crops of small fruit with yellow skin and a soft melting flesh.
Indian Almond (Terminalia catappa)	India	Uncategorised	Large spreading tree. Large husk contains a very small almond-like kernel.
Indian Cream		Guavas	Small golf ball size fruit with yellow creamy flesh.
Indian Fig (opuntia ficus indica)	Southern USA	Cactus Fruits	A vigorous cactus plant bearing prickly shaped pear fruit.
Indian Mombin (Spondias mangiferum)	India	Uncategorised	Fast growing attractive tree. Bears egg size fruits with a pleasant acid-sweet taste.
Indonesian		Guavas	Medium sized, yellow skinned fruits with a dark cream flesh and few seeds.
Indonesian Red Waterapple (Syzygium samarangense)	Malaysia	Uncategorised	Medium size evergreen tree. Bears clusters of pink/white small pear shaped fruit with a watery pulp.
Irwin		Mangoes	Oblong, bright red fruit, mid season.
Isau (Dimocarpus longanamalesiana)	Sarawak	Uncategorised	A rare tall rainforest tree. Bears clusters of small round fruits with a translucent flesh and sweet flavour.
Jaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora)	Brazil	Uncategorised	Sensational large shrub. The black grape-like fruit forms in heavy clusters out of the trunk and has sweet translucent flesh.