GOVARDHAN GARDEN'S TROPICAL FRUIT SEEDS

My tropical rare fruit tree nursery, central to Govardhan Gardens, is aiming at providing you the widest possible selection of fruit trees that grow in Puerto Rico.

It carries the most diversified selection in the Caribbean, including many exotic and hard-to-find specimens at affordable prices.

I don’t employ any shortcuts to raise beautiful, healthy trees. I am always available personally to offer any advice and information about tropical fruits. I’m not a profit-minded plant factory, and my project is primarily educational: I do this work because I love it.

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ABIU	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Abiu
	Botanical Name: Pouteria caimito
	Max Size: 30 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 3-4 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $14.00
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Fruit Description A bright yellow fruit with flesh that is whitish, translucent, sweet, and of jelly like consistency. When fully ripe, it is eaten out of hand or used in sherbets and ice cream.

ACEROLA	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Acerola
	Botanical Name: Malpighia punicifolia
	Max Size: 18 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 2-3 years
	Availability: All Year
	Price - small size : $15.00
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Fruit Description Fruit has very high vitamin C content and the flavor is very appealing.

ACHACHAIRU	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Achachairu
	Botanical Name: Garcinia laterifolia
	Max Size: 18 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 5-6 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $18.00
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Fruit Description The translucent subacid white pulp has an excellent flavor; one of the best fruits of its genus.

AFRICAN APRICOT	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: African Apricot
	Botanical Name: Gambeya lacourtiana
	Max Size: 40-75 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 7-10 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $20.00
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Fruit Description Medium-sized African fruit with apricot flavor. Requires much space: easy to grow once the plant is established.

AKEE	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Akee
	Botanical Name: Blighia sapida
	Max Size: 25 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 4-6 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $13.00
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Fruit Description West African Fruit that became the national fruit of Jamaica. The white yellow, fleshy arils are cooked and then sautéed. Un ripe and inedible parts of the fruit contain toxic alkaloids.
ALMOND TROPICAL	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Almond Tropical
	Botanical Name: ?
	Max Size: 25 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 4-6 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $13.00
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Fruit Description A Malayan tree, Terminalia catappa, having edible seeds, planted widely in the tropics as a street tree.

ALUPAG	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Alupag
	Botanical Name: Euphoria didyma
	Max Size: 30 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 4-6 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $15.00
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Fruit Description Small, longan-like and very sweet fruit that come in clusters.


AMAZON TREE GRAPE	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Amazon Tree Grape
	Botanical Name: Pourouma cecropiaefolia
	Max Size: 35 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 3-4 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $15.00
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Fruit Description Fruits are purple, grape-like with juicy, white pulp: dioecious.

AMBARELLA, DWARF	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Ambarella Dwarf
	Botanical Name: Spondias cytherea
	Max Size: 6 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 2-3 years
	Availability: All Year
	Price - small size : $13.00
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Fruit Description A small-growing yellow mombin: well-liked tropical fruit: ideal for limited space/containers.

ANON, GREEN	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Anon, Green
	Botanical Name: Annona squamosa
	Max Size: 25 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 3-4 years
	Availability: All Year
	Price - small size : $15.00
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Fruit Description Also known as sugar apple: best eaten cold, very pleasant flavor.

ANON, PURPLE	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Anon, Purple
	Botanical Name: Annona squamosa
	Max Size: 25 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 3-4 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $15.00
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Fruit Description Rare purple variety of anon. Also known as sugar apple: best eaten cold, very pleasant flavor.

ARACA-BOI	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Araca-boi
	Botanical Name: Eugenia stipitata
	Max Size: 10 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 2-3 years
	Availability: All Year
	Price - small size : $15.00
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Fruit Description Very aromatic fruit: sweetened juice is excellent.

ASSAI	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Assai
	Botanical Name: Euterpe oleraceae
	Max Size: 30 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 5-8 years
	Availability: Most of the time
	Price - small size : $20.00
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Fruit Description Clustering palm with bunches of purplish highly nutritious fruits. One of the most popular fruits in the Amazon reaches of Brazil.

AVOCADO, GRAFTED	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Avocado, Grafted
	Botanical Name: Persea americana
	Max Size: 40 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 3-5 years
	Availability: All Year
	Price - small size : inquire
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Fruit Description Various selected cultivars: Inquire about price and availability.

BAKURIPARI-MIRIM	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Bakurupari-mirm
	Botanical Name: Rheedia gardneriana
	Max Size: 25 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 5-8 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $25.00
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Fruit Description Interesting Amazon fruit with acidic, pleasant flavor.

BILIMBI	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Bilimbi
	Botanical Name: Averrhoa bilimbi
	Max Size: 30 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 2-4 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $8.00
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Fruit Description Various selected cultivars: Inquire about price and availability.

BIRIBA	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Biriba
	Botanical Name: Rollinia deliciosa
	Max Size: 25 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 3-4 years
	Availability: All Year
	Price - small size : $15.00
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Fruit Description Select variety which is very sweet: One of the best tropical fruits.

BLUE GRAPE	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Blue Grape
	Botanical Name: Myrciaria vexator
	Max Size: 15 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 3-4 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $20.00
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Fruit Description This Jaboticaba relative has grape-like purple fruits that taste somewhat like sweet grapes.
BLACK PEPPER, "Thai"	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Black Pepper
	Botanical Name: Pepper nigrum
	Max Size: 10 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 3-4 years
	Availability: All Year
	Price - small size : $18.00
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Fruit Description Common spice; fresh, organic pepper is by far superior to the regular, commercially available spice.

BOROJO	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Borojo
	Botanical Name: Borojoa patinoi
	Max Size: 12 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 2-4 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $16.00
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Fruit Description Legendary South American fruit: excellent flavor, prized for its aphrodisiac and medicinal qualities, dioecious.

BREADFRUIT, GRAFTED	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Breadfruit Grafted
	Botanical Name: Artocarpus altilis
	Max Size: 70 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 4-5 years
	Availability: Limited Stock
	Price - small size : $18.00
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Fruit Description Important tropical staple fruit.

BREADNUT	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Breadnut
	Botanical Name: Artocarpus altilis
	Max Size: 70 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 4-7 years
	Availability: All Year
	Price - small size : $10.00
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Fruit Description Seeded form of breadfruit: very nutritious seeds.
BURAHOL, KEPEL	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Burahol, Kepel
	Botanical Name: Stelechocarpus burahol
	Max Size: 30 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 6-10 years
	Availability: Limited
	Price - small size : inquire
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Fruit Description Rare, Asian species; fascinating fruit that acts as an internal deodorant and causes bodily secretions to take on a perfume scent.

BURMESE GRAPE	Fruit Fact Sheet
	Common Name: Burmese Grape
	Botanical Name: Baccaurea acemosa
	Max Size: 30 Feet
	Time To Fruit: 3-5 years
	Availability: All Year
	Price - small size : $18.00
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Fruit Description Small Juicy fruit with goof flavor. Very prolific producer.

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Sadhu Govardhan is an independent thinker, eco-organic farmer, tropical rare fruit connoisseur and researcher. Extensive journeys for over twenty years have allowed him to study indigenous cultures and different life styles throughout the world.

His first publications on philosophical and spiritual topics were published in Europe and translated into several languages. He now lives in Puerto Rico and has dedicated himself to researching and growing tropical food crops and promoting alternative farming methods. He is currently involved with consultant work and inspiring and developing educational organic role model projects in the Caribbean.

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I would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone who has helped out this project over the years. Even if I can't acknowledge all of you individually since so many people have supported Govardhan Gardens in so many ways, I certainly remember every one of you.

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