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   Edible plants growing on the plantation
Plant
Notes
Abiu
Comes from the Amazon. Round to oval in shape, sometimes pointed, with smooth bright yellow skin. Has creamy sweet, succulent flesh which tastes like Buttterscotch Caramel. A real taste treat when eaten slightly chilled. Cut in half and scoop out the flesh with a spoon. Best eaten chilled.
Avocado, Sharwilrich buttery flavor, not common other than  in Hawaii
Banana, applesweet with a slight lemon taste
Banana, Chinesetall banana produces smaller bunches than Williams
Banana, Williamsa large high yield banana
Bayused in flavoring
Bong Wong also called Napa cabbage
Chamomileused in tea
Charicuela
Mangosteen family (Clusiaceae),  Fruits berries, globose, smooth, orange when ripe,
origin: Paraguay,  Scientific name:  Garcinia Macrophylla
Cherry,  Surinam
Tropical tart cherry especially good for pies
Cocoa, redused for cocoa powder and chocolate
Coconutstandard
Coffee, ArabicanKona coffee when grown in Kona district
Custard Apple, Brazilian
Also know as Biriba.   Fruits have soft spine pattern, smooth dark brown seeds and sweet aromatic creamy flesh. Pick when fruit slightly soft. Best eaten straight from tree. Flavor taints after 12-24hrs.
orgin:  Brasil,  Scientific name:  Rollinia deliciosa
Dragon Fruit
This exotic fruit of a catus is also know as a strawberry pear..  The fruit is round, typically  red colored fruit with prominent scales. The thin rind encloses the large mass of sweetly flavored  red pulp and small black seeds.  Scientifice name: Hylocereus undatus
Eggfruit,
Canistel

A tree (Pouteria campechiana), native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean and having very sweet oval fruit with a musky odor.

Eggplantstandard egg shaped, about 1# fruits
Eggplant, Asianlong tubular, about 1.5" in diameter
Grapefruit, Ruby Red
Sweet red grapefruit
Green Tea
Carmellia sinensis L.   The common "green tea".
Guavastandard, yellow fruit with pink inside, high in
Vitiam C
Guava, strawberrytastes similar to tart apples
Guava, Thia Purple
Sweet purple guava
Jaboticaba
Brazilian Grape
Purple fruit grows on the trunk.   Similar in taste to concord grapes.
Lemon, Myer'sgreat producer
Lemon, Ureka pinkproduces at a different time than the Myer
Lime, Kaffir
leaves used in cooking
Lime, Mexican Key
small high flavor lime
Loquat
Japanese, plum
 Japanese medlar
Clustered fruits of 4 to 30, are typically oval, ca 1.5 in  long, usually  smooth and yellow with  white succulent pulp, typically sweet  flavor.
Lycheered fruit the size of  half of a ping pong ball
Macadamia Nutfamous Hawaiian grown nuts,
Mango, Floriganoca. 1 #  fruit,  produces well without high heat
Mango, Haydenstandard mango
Mango, Keittca. 3 # fruit, very sweet , produces well without high heat
Mango, Popelarge mango
Monsteraproduces cone fruits kiwi in flavor
Naranjilla
(Peruvian Orange)
yellow fruit with green interior, orange/kiwi in flavor
Orange, Bloodoranges with a bright red interior
Orange, Valenciastandard juice oranges
Oregano, tropicalalso know as Cuban oregano, rich flavor
Pak Choicooked like spinach this vegetable has a wonderful flavor
Papaya, Solostandard papaya
Papaya, Strawberrysweeter and red colored interior
Papaya, Sunrisealso sweeter and red colored interior
Passion fruit Lilikoi
yellow fruit with tart flavor and strong aroma, rhubarb taste
Passion fruit Giant Lilikoi
Honeydew melon color, coconut sized sweet fruit, ca. 7 pounds each
Peach, Floridian Princesmall tropical peaches
Peppers, red Bellstandard
Peppers, yellow Bellstandard
Pineapple, whitealso know as Maui pineapple, lower acidity
Pineapple, yellowstandard
Polmello, pinklike a very large grapefruit but typically sweeter
Potato, Sweet Hawaiian purplebright purple tuber, morning glory family
Potato, Sweet Hawaiian redbright red tuber, morning glory family, sweeter than purple
Purple Mombin
Brazilian plum or cherry
One of the most popular small fruits of the American tropics.  The  flesh is aromatic, yellow, fibrous, very juicy, with a rich, plum-like flavor.
Rambotan, R9very large Lychee, somewhat sweeter
Rosemarystandard spice
Sagestandard spice
Starfruit, Kajinga large starfruit which is typically sweeter
Strawberriesstandard
Sugar Cane, Red
dark red cane make this variety ornamental as well as edible
Tamarillo, red
Tree tomato;  long-stalked, dangling fruit, borne singly or in clusters of 3 to 12, is smooth egg-shaped but pointed at both ends. It ranges in size from 2 to 4 inches long and 1-1/2 to 2 inches in width.
Tangelo, Minneolavividly bright orange fruit which tastes orange-tangerine
Tangerine, Dancystandard tangerine
Tangerine, Sasmosatangerine that produces well at cooler temperatures
Tomato, Romalarge cherry tomato
Turmeric The rhizome is boiled, dried & ground (distinctive bright yellow spice)