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
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra)	Central Asia	Uncategorised	Perennial small shrub. Contains a substance 50 times sweeter than sugar. Roots were the source of commercial licorice. Has been used medicinally for thousands of years.
Lilley		Mangoes	From Israel, bright red round fruit, strong flavour.
Lime (Citrus avrantifolia)		Citrus Fruits	Musk - Awaiting fruiting outcome. Tahitian - Cold hardy tree producing heavy crops of seedless fruits. West Indian - Produces smaller fruit than Tahitian but sweeter.
Little Gooseberry Tree (Buchanania aborescens)		Australian Bush Tucker	Flat oval purple fruit from a small tropical tree related to the Mango.
Lockerbie Satinash (Syzygium branderhorstii)		Australian Bush Tucker	A shrub that produces large red fruit from showy white flowers produced on the trunk.
Loganberry		Bits and Pieces	Bramble bearing strongly flavoured purple fruits.
Longan (Euphoria longan)	China	Uncategorised	Delightful little brown fruit sometimes called "the little brother of Lychee". Sweet musky grape-like taste.
Loquat (Eriobotrya jabonica)	China	Uncategorised	Evergreen medium size tree. Bears yellow fruit the size of a small egg. Sweet nectar-like flesh surounding a large seed.
Love in a Mist (Passiflora foetida)		Passion Fruits	Delicate vine, sweet small fruits enclosed in a "net".
Lovi Lovi (Flacourtia inermis)	Asia	Uncategorised	Medium size shrub. Bunches of red cherry-like fruits along branches. Whitish flesh with astringent taste.
Lowland Naranjill (Solanum vestissimum)	Colombia	Uncategorised	Plant similar to Naranjilla but fruit has a deep orange colour.
Lucmo (Pouteria obovata)	Andes	Uncategorised	Medim size evergreen tree. Apple size green skinned fruit with sweet dry orange flesh.
Lulo (Solanum septenrionale)	Ecuador	Uncategorised	Small shrub with large, hairy, velvet-like leaves. Orange skinned fruit with sweet greenish flesh.
Lychee (Litchi chinensis)	China	Uncategorised	Medium size tree. Bunches of attractive red skinned fruit with very sweet, translucent flesh.
Mabolo (Diospyros discolor)	Philippines	Uncategorised	The "velvet apple". Medium size slow growing graceful tree. Fruit has dark brown velvet skin and cramy flesh with a sweet aromatic flavour.
Macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia)	Australia	Uncategorised	High quality nut with mono-unsaturated oil. Medium size rainforest tree.
Macadamia (Macadamia tetraphylla)		Australian Bush Tucker	Medium size rainforest tree. The tetraphylla is the local Macadamia with the spiny leaves and rougher/tougher shell, but a sweeter nut.
Madrono (Rheedia madruno)	South America	Uncategorised	Small attractive shrub. Medium size yellow fruits with acid-sweet white pulp.
Magenta Lillypilly (Syzygium paniculatum)		Australian Bush Tucker	A popular medium size tree bearing bright purple fruits with a crunchy sweet/tart taste.
Maha 65		Mangoes	Indian variety under trial.