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Family: Annonaceae Genus: Annona Species: cherimola The cherimoya is regarded by many as being among the best of tropical fruits. The cherimoya has a texture of a soft, non-gritty pear and a delicate, highly appealing fruit flavor with little acidity.
Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Coffea Species: arabica Of all coffee species, Coffea arabica is considered to make the superior beverage. It accounts for more than three-quarters of the world production in spite of being prone to a devastating rust disease. C.
Family: Sapindaceae Genus: Dimocarpus Species: longan (alternate Nephelium longana) The longan or dragon's eye is the more temperate relative of the glamorous lychee. Many Chinese prefer the longan to the lychee since it has a distinctive musky flavor and is not overly sweet.
Family: Sapindaceae Genus: Litchi Species: chinensis (alternate Nephelium litchi) Lychees are widely grown between 10o and 25o latitude at lower elevations, particularly in Asia. The lychee is slow growing, reaching 30 to 100 feet in the tropics, but only 20 to 30 feet in California.
Family: Passifloraceae Genus: Passiflora Species: edulis Passion fruit is widely grown and valued throughout the tropics and subtropics. Most Passifloras are vines which can climb to 20 or 30 feet. The fruit varies in color from purple to yellow-orange and in shape from an egg to a tennis ball.
Family: Oxalidaceae Genus: Averrhoa Species: carambola The star fruit, or carambola, is a member of the oxalis family. Only one other species is commonly cultivated for its fruit, the less esteemed, more frost sensitive Averrhoa bilimbi.
Family: Rutacae Genus: Casimiroa Species: edulis The white sapote is a relative of citrus. However, it is too distant botanically for the fruit to resemble, be graft compatible, or hybridize with citrus.
Many deciduous varieties require more winter chilling than we get in Sunset zones 21-24, so will not flower and leaf out appropriately. These selected varieties have been shown to consistently produce in our mild winter areas.
