Bakupari

Garcinia brasiliensis

Slow-growing tropical Brazilian tree with orange fruit and sweet-sour white pulp around the seeds.

Hardiness ratings

Bakupari hardiness across the four zone systems
SystemRatingTemperature rangeHow to read it
USDA hardiness zone Zone 10–12 −1.1 °C to 15.6 °C Plant tolerates down to this zone
RHS hardiness rating H1c 5 °C to 10 °C Plant needs at least this level of cold tolerance
Canadian plant hardiness zone Zone 9 −1 °C and warmer Plant tolerates down to this zone
Australian (ANBG) zone Zone 6–7 10 °C and warmer Plant tolerates down to this zone

About Bakupari

Bakupari is a Brazilian member of Garcinia, the same tropical genus as the mangosteens, and like its relatives it produces fruit with a thin brittle rind around segmented white pulp clinging tightly to the seed. It is grown far more in home gardens and small orchards across Brazil than commercially, in part because the fruit does not travel or store well. The genus as a whole is slow-growing and slow to fruit from seed, and most species are strictly tropical or subtropical, with no tolerance of frost.

Growing notes

  • Orange fruit with sweet-sour white pulp surrounding the seeds
  • A slow-growing tropical Garcinia, very frost-tender
  • Hardiness poorly documented; not reliably hardy outdoors in Canada

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Reference

Bakupari on Wikipedia