Fruit is round and yellow with a very thick skin and segments inside
which are very tasty. Comes from South East Asia, and is called
the "Lolly Fruit" because you have to suck it to get the
flavour, as the flesh sticks to the seed. Watch Digby on the video
below showing you how to eat a Santol:
Soil
Characteristics
Wide range of soil
types provided drainage is good
Climate Requirements
Warm
humid areas - can grow in most parts of the tropics and subtropics.
Can survive light frosts.
Culture
Timber is quite
weak, so even adult trees require protection from wind. However
even a broken stump will reshoot readily. Good shade trees.
Several grafted varieties are available, but they are probably
even weaker!
Harvesting
Fruits mature
in mid summer and are picked when fully coloured on the tree.
Taste test to determine preferred level of ripeness and acidity.
Prune only after harvest as flowers grow on terminal shoots.
Length of time
until first crop
Three
to five years.
Marketing Notes
Rather
too acid and too difficult to extract flesh for high market
value. Keeps well under refrigeration and whole fruit transport
with little damage. Low flesh to waste ratio.
Food Preparation
Good fun as the "acid drop" fruit but can also be used
in drinks, preserves and jams.
Case of the Deadly
Santol Seeds A newstory from the Phillippines about a woman who swallowed
Santol seeds. If you have eaten Santol you will know how hard it
is to get the flesh off the seeds! She thought she had the solution.
Cape
Tribulation Bed and Breakfast accommodation on an exotic tropical fruit
orchard in the heart of the Daintree Rainforest
Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm, Lot 5 Nicole Drive, Cape Tribulation, Queensland,
4873, Australia - Tel: 0740 980057 - Fax: 0740 980067 digby@capetrib.com.au.
