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| Tilting tagpos |
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| Heavily laden with fruit and foliage |
Quickpost: I was at Jardin Isabel the other day and found specimens of
Ardisia or
tagpo heavily laden with fruit. The small trees are already tilting because of the fruits' weight. I am not sure if these are
Ardisia squamulosa or
A. whitfordii but they look interesting especially because they are prolific fruiters. Not sure if fruits are edible though. But they sure make a nice addition to any garden.
2 comments:
A. squamulosa fruits supposedly are cooked and eaten with fish in the Philippines. I have eaten some fruits raw recently. Not exactly a great flavor but interesting (slightly astringent, decent sour/sweet balance but weak, weak serviceberry like flavors too). There is research on this species for pharmaceutical use, it may have anticoagulant effects, there are "antioxidants" in it, non-polar extracts from the leaves reduce sperm count but not morphology or viability (I find non-polar extracts a bit unrealistic since the stomach doesn't work that way...). Probably a good idea if you don't make a full meal out of the fruits.
The biggest downsides are: this is a very invasive species, and the flavor (while somewhat interesting) isn't a winner compared to most fruits.
we used the for making wine and the tasre is quit good we ate the fruits...so i think the friut is edible
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