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Pandanus conoideus is a plant in the Pandanus family from New Guinea.Its fruit is eaten in Papua New Guinea and Papua, Indonesia.The fruit has several names: marata, marita in Papua New Guinea local language, kuansu in Dani of Wamena [1] [2] or buah merah ("red fruit") in common Indonesian.
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The fruit is a small pome, 4–12 mm across, bright red and berry-like, produced large quantities, maturing in the fall and often persisting well into the winter. The fruit are consumed by birds , including thrushes , waxwings and starlings ; the seeds are dispersed in their droppings.
P. beauverdiana has a height range from 6.1 to 9.1 m (20 to 30 ft) and is known for its remarkable red-orange colors and showy red berries. [1] It blooms from April to May and can tolerate temperatures down to −23 °C (−9 °F). [2] They have leaves that are serrate, elliptical, to ovate and tips that are acute to caudate. [1]
The definition of fruit for this list is a culinary fruit, defined as "Any edible and palatable part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or semi-sweet vegetables, some of which may resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were ...
The fruit is a small orange-red berry 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) diameter that contains a few large whitish to brownish colored seeds that dry to a clear translucent round bead 1–3 mm (0.04–0.12 in) wide.
Prefers a soil pH of 5.3 to 6.5. When Quinault plants reach maturity they will attain a height of 8 to 12 in (200 to 300 mm) and spread will be about 12 inches. Will produce berries on unrooted runners. Berries are large to very large, round to round conic. Soft, bright red in color, sweet fruit. Produces from late spring through fall.
Myrciaria glomerata grows up to 8 metres tall, and produces edible red fruits around 20mm in diameter. [5] The fruit pulp is slightly yellow and rich in Vitamin C. [6] The leaves of Myrciaria glomerata are simple, opposite, lanceolate, pinnate and chartaceous. They are between 3 and 4cm wide, and between 9 and 11cm long.