imbe

plural imbes

1. The originally African tree Garcinia livingstonei.

   Figure 46. - The imbe, Garcinia livingstonei.

   1960, William Crawford Kennard, H. F. Winters, Some Fruits and Nuts for the Tropics, page 67

   5 more examples

   The danealan, G. subelliptica, is a 30- to 40-foot tree of the eastern coast of Luzon. [...] The imbe has fruited in southern Florida, but probably it is too exacting in its ecological requirements for general cultivation.

   1928, Otis Warren Barrett, The Tropical Crops

   Garcinia livingstonei T. Anders., The Imbe, Guttiferae. The Imbe has proved quite hardy and successful on the sandy and limestone rock soils of Southern Florida. The fruit obtained [...]

   1944, John MacLaren Waterston, Fruit Culture in Bermuda ...

   Trees grow slowly and this makes them ideal for pot culture; in fact, many people grow imbe as a container tropical fruit for small landscapes. Imbes have separate sexes, so this means you have to have both a male and a female tree ...

   1993, Tropical Fruit News, page 102

   Purple mangosteen trees have only female flowers and pollen fertilisation is not required. [...] Other Garcinia species, have less to recommend them as a fruit tree; the imbe (G. livingstonei) is small fruited, has a large seed and a little sour flesh.

   1993, James J. Darley, Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit: Tropical Fruit and Nuts: a Cornucopia, P&S Publishing, →ISBN, page 45

   (Guttiferae) Relatives: mangosteen A native of eastern Africa, the imbe forms an interestingly-shaped tree and has numerous sweet-sub-acid, tasty bright orange fruits, which can be eaten fresh. It is only cultivated locally ...

   2006, Susanna Lyle, Discovering Fruit & Nuts: A Comprehensive Guide to the Cultivation, Uses and Health Benefits of Over 300 Food-Producing Plants