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Egg Fruit

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Eggfruit or canistel is an evergreen tree native to southern Mexico. The canistel grows up to 10 m (33 ft) high, and produces orange-yellow fruit, up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long, which are edible raw. Canistel flesh is sweet, with a texture often compared to that of a hard-boiled egg yolk, hence its name “eggfruit”. The fruit shape and size is variable. Green, immature fruits ripen to a golden-yellow or orange-yellow. The fruit varies from firm and fibrous towards the exterior, to a cooked egg yolk texture towards the center. Leaves are commonly oblanceolate at 10-30cm in length and alternately cluster around branch tips. The tree has an open-growing canopy, light brown mature bark, and abundant latex.

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Scientific Name:  Pouteria campechiana

Common Name:  cupcake fruit, eggfruit

Climate and soil requirement

Egg fruit plant thrive in a tropical and subtropical environment. Annual rainfall of 630-800 mm is ideal for its growth. Annual temperature of 26°c to 37°c is favorable, it can tolerate mild frost and rainfall between 900-1800mm. It grows well in maritime areas, where it shows good wind resistance but susceptible to drought conditions. It can tolerate wide range of soil types, including sandy and heavy clay soils. The young plant up to the age of 3 years should be protected from hot wind during May-June and from frost during winter months. The mature plants can tolerate freezing temperature as well as a high temperature.

Land preperation  

Dig pits of 1x1x1m during May-June at a distance of 7 m x 7 m Leave for 15-20 days exposing to sunlight. Each pit should be filled with surface soil mixed with 15 kg farm yard manure before planting the grafted plants.

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