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H. polyrhizus (Rosa)

Scientific Name: 
H. polyrhizus

Common Name: 
Rosa

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Plant Description
  • Red-fleshed fruit with average flavor and size, and red, thick rind. 
  • Origin: Nicaragua 
  • Fruit: round; medium, 384 g; short, scattered bracts, resembling a rose when seen from the top; skin and flesh red; rind thinner than in other Nicaraguan cultivars, making this cultivar more susceptible to cracking when fully mature; quality acceptable; 16.05 Brix; 45 days from bloom to harvest in Southern California; harvest late June to late December or January. 
  • Plant: stems intermediate in thickness and length, grayish green; areoles have 8-9 spines in a random pattern, 4-6 mm long; segment between areoles slightly convex, 27.11 mm long; Flowers large, petals white, calyx yellow, with shades of red on edges, anthers bright yellow, stigma lobes lime green. 
  • Tolerance to cold and heat average; grows well in full sun; commercial potential good.