Thanks for sharing the nice photographs of the paradise tree. Can you please mention the location in Bangalore , so that it would be easier for me to locate when I visit B'lore. Send a CC to my mail ID so that I will not miss.
On Sunday, April 29, 2012 8:49:50 AM UTC+5:30, raman wrote: > > The tree starts flowering and fruiting at about three years of age. > Flowering is annual beginning in December and continuing up to February. > The tree starts bearing when they are 4-6 years old and reach stability in > production of another 4-5 years. The droplets (blackish purple in pink > genotypes and brownish yellow in green genotypes) are ready for harvest by > March/April. Season and duration of reproductive phenoperiods vary > according to location and climate. Individual fruits have a development and > ripening period of 1-2 months. Fruit is ellipsoid drupe, 2 - 2.5 cm long, > with thin hard cuticle and juicy fruit pulp. > > > Raman >
