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Jaboticaba!
No, it’s not a Latin-American cry of encouragement, nor the Argentinean answer to polo, nor a hooded mediaeval gown. (If you thought it was any of the above, perhaps you need to play ‘Free Rice‘ more...
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Custard Apples
Custard apples on our tree. The odd-looking pale thing at lower right is a flower. I mentioned custard apples recently in my post about the Mangosteen and now it’s time to feature them. We planted a...
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Langsat and other tropical fruits
Langsat Another visit to Cotters Market, another selection of tropical fruit … I have been here 25 years but I’m still enjoying discovering fruit that I knew nothing about as a child in country...
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The mangosteen
When I first arrived in Townsville from Melbourne I investigated the “exotic” tropical fruits with cautious enthusiasm until I had tried most of what was readily available. Many of them, I decided,...
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Rollinia
A large, ripe Rollinia – all 1.2kg of it Another visit to Cotters Market, another exotic fruit. The Rollinia is a close relation of the Custard Apple, and I love custard apples so I was willing to try...
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Malay apple or Roseapple
Malay apple, also known as Roseapple Another visit to Cotters Market, another exotic fruit to try … this one is the Malay apple or Malay roseapple. It resembles an apple in that the skin is thin, shiny...
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Monstera deliciosa fruit at last
Monstera buds, February 1, 2015 I wrote about Monstera deliciosa here, almost exactly three years ago. That post has attracted more comments than almost any other on Green Path, so when I enjoyed a...
View ArticleChinee Apple
Chinee Apple is a declared weed in Qld, NT and WA and is such a pest locally that I had to laugh at the Wikipedia summary (left) which noted its “conservation status” as “least concern”. The Brisbane...
View ArticleTropical fruit in season in Townsville
We’re coming to the end of our Wet season (not that it was very wet!) and the local fruit supply reflects the change. Mangoes have finished (sad face). I haven’t seen anyone selling them off the back...
View ArticleReptiles on your plate: snakefruit and dragonfruit
We have recently returned from two weeks in Bali. They were enjoyable and interesting in many ways and part of the fun was discovering new food. Our favourite ‘new’ fruit, by far, was the snakefruit –...
View ArticleEco-Fiesta 2017
This year’s Eco-Fiesta, a few days ago, was much like those of previous years: a lovely day in the park with all sorts of loosely ‘greenie’ and ‘alternative’ people and organisations. I wrote enough...
View ArticleDragonfruit in North Queensland
This post is little more than a footnote to my post about dragonfruit in Bali but I thought I would keep it separate. We saw dragonfruit growing in a plot among mangoes down near Giru yesterday, the...
View ArticleAnderson Park Botanical Gardens and Conservatory
Anderson Park is the largest of the three botanical gardens managed by Townsville City Council. We have been conveniently close to it in Mundingburra for so long that we take it for granted but a...
View ArticleFinger Limes – what are they?
This little investigation began on social media. Someone posted a little chart of the genetic origins of all our familiar citrus fruit, someone else asked, “But what about Finger Limes?” and I thought,...
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