Hello - This is a fruit tree picture I took in pastureland north of Copan Ruins, Honduras. Please note the texture of the bark and the long stem attaching the fruit to the tree as well as the dark green color of the skin. I don't know if the fruit is ripe or if it changes color when ripe. Thanks, Andy
Well, Thank you, Lorax! I am reading more about this fruit and the different varieties. I learn more from my trip after I get home organizing slide-shows with captions making it a continuation of the journey! Andy
Cedar, the leaves are characteristic of almost all of the Vasconcellas, as well as Carica (to which everything in Vasconcella once belonged.) However, Carica papaya doesn't bear its fruit in that manner - it bunches them at the top of the plant, right below the leaves. The distributed fruit along the stem is the visual diagnostic for Vasconcella. I was able to ID the fruit because I recognise it - my neighbours are growing it. Frutin is not so hot for eating (quite bitter and a bit latex-y), but it's an excellent remedy for worms and gapes in chickens.
That's very interesting. Thank you, Lorax, for the explanation. I will have to look more carefully at the Carica papaya that grows here, in Bermuda. Cedartable.
