Celebrating a new addition to the family with the planting of two very special and unique fruit trees: Black Sapote (Diospyros Nigra) a species of persimmon and Keppel Apple (Stelechocarpus Burahol), the fruits of which grow on the trunk instead of branches. The former, commonly known as chocolate pudding fruit and the latter, perfume fruit.
The Black Sapote fruit when ripened has a creamy velvety texture. I can only imagine its taste from references of others until I taste it myself but it will take time. The Keppel fruit is cultivated in Java but strangely my Javanese worker doesn’t even know about it. The fruit is said to make your sweat, urine and poop smell like perfume after consuming it. The person whom I bought this sapling from confirmed this.
Moving forward, I’m taking my time to carefully select rare and threatened tropical fruit tree species to be planted at the farm, amongst the occasional indigenous dipterocarps. As space is limited, I have to naturally prioritize for food crops, but there’s sure space for tropical hardwood slotted right in. A tight fit but doable.
