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| By leela |
Modified on November 9th, 2025 at 3:47 pm October 22, 2025 at 2:26 pm |
fruit tree, persimmon, Unexpected Fruit Tree, Wild Fruit Tree
Craig Hepworth:
"The ‘Turkey Lake’ tree in Gainesville was planted in 2002, and it has grown to a large size. Every autumn it produces abundant crops of fruit over a long period – most years you should find some ripe fruits if you visit any time from late August through the middle of December. (The very earliest fruits to drop sometimes don’t taste quite as rich as the ones which ripen from October onward). If you’re in the North Florida area, this is a good opportunity to experience what a really good form of American persimmon tastes like. I consider fruits of this species to be one of autumn’s finest treats."
Craig selected this variety of wild American persimmon, due to its size & flavor, and propagated it here.
Visiting the ‘Turkey Lake’ tree in Gainesville:
The tree is located in Dreamer’s Garden, a city of Gainesville community garden located at the intersection of NW 10th Ave and NW 4th St. There’s easy parking across the street in the Earth Pets plaza (you can stop in at the store to pick up some eco-friendly treats for your furry companions while visiting the persimmon tree.)
Leela:
Thanks for the tip, Craig!
To other folks: bring a fruit picker or long tool that can trim off a laden branch. There are two of these trees and one can be climbed but requires long reach even up there. The fruits are astringent when unripe. Ripe when absolutely gooey. The fallen fruits are perfect but will have a spot of dirt to pick off. There are apparently more of these trees within the garden nearby.
| By leela |
Modified on July 14th, 2025 at 10:23 am June 19, 2025 at 4:39 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, Significant Plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Mango
Within frame of seasonal greenhouse
Oliver grows many tropical fruits to share with friends, and plants to sell to those who want to grow their own.
Oliver’s greenhouse boasts a fruiting jackfruit tree, Surinam cherries, Starfruit, and more. He is most known for growing diverse varieties of avocados.
| By leela |
Modified on July 23rd, 2024 at 6:00 pm July 23, 2024 at 5:58 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
As seen by @_fruit__tella on IG
Banana
Tropical in temperate Mediterranean climate
| By leela |
Modified on July 15th, 2024 at 7:42 am July 15, 2024 at 7:41 am |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
In the region of Apopka, a gardener has a mango in ground, breadfruit in container
Mango is generally assumed to be “too tropical.”
| By leela |
Modified on July 11th, 2024 at 6:59 am July 10, 2024 at 9:37 pm |
Food, Food Source, HomeGrower, MicroBiz, u-pick, Unexpected Fruit Tree
| By leela |
Modified on June 8th, 2024 at 9:31 am June 7, 2024 at 8:54 pm |
durian, fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree, zone 9b
Durian
Ultra-tropical, hardly anyone tries to grow it
There are folks who struggle to grow durian in even more southern tropical climate; common belief has been that it’s the climate that’s the issue, but it seems more an issue of soil
If anyone can find this grower, check their growing practices
(This is an approximate location, apparently the tree is on Pine Island somewhere)
| By leela | at 8:04 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Considered tropical, local lore is that the region’s hard frosts would kill any of these trees before maturity
Reported by Year of the Durian
| By leela |
Modified on July 26th, 2024 at 11:08 am June 4, 2024 at 10:22 pm |
Avocado Tree, Food Forest, nursery, Orange Tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Within a few miles of here is a food forest stewarded by Craig, AKA Florida Fruit Geek.
The food forest was an orange orchard, comprised of grafted trees. The base of the trees were sour oranges, so when a hard frost killed back the grafted tops, the sour orange base started shoots.
Craig’s sour oranges are absolutely electric. For cautious eaters, I recommend them to be used as a salad dressing.
Craig runs a nursery from which you can order online.
Craig’s food forest includes:
| By Leela Maps | March 15, 2024 at 2:45 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Banana
Semi-public, where swimmers and walkers can access; native to SE Asia
| By John |
Modified on March 12th, 2024 at 4:22 pm March 12, 2024 at 9:57 am |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Avocado, mature fruiting
This region is generally assumed to be too cold to grow subtropical fruit trees
| By Leela Maps |
Modified on March 8th, 2024 at 7:58 pm March 8, 2024 at 7:44 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
| By Leela Maps | February 16, 2024 at 8:05 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Cacao
Super tropical
In ground
Grower: “My plan was never to cover it since it’s under the canopy of Mamey trees. Anyhow, it didn’t even get into the 30s this winter usually January has temperatures in the 30s but not even the high 30s reached this winter.”
| By leela |
Modified on January 5th, 2024 at 3:35 pm January 5, 2024 at 11:23 am |
Papaya
At Ocala Community Garden, alongside plots with fruiting eggplants, tomatoes, zucchinis and cucumbers, brassicas (esp kale, bok choy), fennel, pineapple, and more.
Native to SE Asia
| By leela |
Modified on November 6th, 2023 at 1:58 pm October 22, 2023 at 5:07 pm |
Avocado
Subtropical, usually grown in California and Mexico
Eugene is in USDA hardiness zone 6.
Jackfruit
Uncommon tropical
Approximate location, posted in the California Tropical Fruit Growers FB group.
Tree age: “my tree is a little over 7 years. I constantly prune to make sure most of its energy goes into growing large and consistent sweet fruit. It is about 9 feet high right now.”
Planting distance, fertilization, temperature: “just made sure to add plenty of compost close to a foot of it. It helps to raise the temperature a few degrees. It insulates the roots. Also I heavily plant so many of the trees help insulate one another and create a canopy over each other. Inside my garden it is a several degrees warmer since it becomes insulated with all green vegetation. Highly recommend to look how tropical trees grow in their native environment. All crowded”
Pruning: “I do cut the top to help manage the height but most importantly to help the tree focus it’s energy on producing larger and tastier fruit. I have not cut it back to 6 ft. I would imagine it would be ok since most of the fruit is produced on the main large trunks”
| By leela | October 6, 2023 at 3:38 pm |
Forage Guide, fruit tree, Grafting, Significant Tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree
40 different stone fruits on one tree: plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries, pluots, etc
Mango
Native to India
| By leela | September 17, 2023 at 8:50 am |
August, fruit, fruit tree, July, June, travel, tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Durian
Durian
Growing commercially 
Durian
from Craigslist ad:
Alohahhh 😊🤙☀️😎🌈 Everyone is welcome to visit my tropical and exotic home garden collection, “BY APPOINTMENT ONLY” Due to constant changes in supplies, list below may not be up-to-date. Please inquire before coming. ALL SALES ARE FINAL, on first come first served (NO guarantee, no money back, no return and no exchange). 😊🤙🌷🌺💕☀️😎. Mahalo
ANGEL TRUMPET - pink, white and yellow - available
ARABIAN JASMINE - available
ASHITABA "super food"- available
AVOCADO "Fuerte and Hass (grafted trees and seedlings)" - available
BROMELIAD - (pink) - available
BUDDAH FINGER LIME - available
BUDDAH HAND LEMON - available
CALAMANSI/CALAMANDIN (dwarf regular) - available
CHERIMOYA - available
CHICO/SAPODILLA - available
CHINESE LANTERN - available
DRAGON ROSE (Epiphyllum) "pink and red" - available
DUHAT/LOMBOY "JAVA PLUM JAMUN - available GUAVA TREES - Malaysian red, pineapple guava , pink flesh, white flesh, strawberry guava , yellow lemon guava
seedless white flesh - Available.
HAWAIIAN GINGER: YELLOW KAHILI and WHITE - available
JAVA PLUM/JAMUN/DUHAT -available
JUJUBE “ sugar jujube” - available
Kaffer/Keiffer Lime - available
MEYER LEMON - available
LONGEVITY SPINACH/GYNURA PRECUMBENS (similar benefits as ASHITABA) - available
MACADAMIA NUT TREE - not avail.
MORINGA - not available
PAKISTAN MULBERRY - available
PAPAYA TREE - not available
PASSION FRUIT VINES - not available
PERSIMMON - FUYU - available
SAPODILLA - available
WAX APPLE - not available
ZAPOTE - available
'PRICES: vary from $19 and up depending on type of plants, size/sprouts/flowers, ect. , all on first come first served basis - NO TRADING, NO RETURN, NO CASH BACK AND NO GUARANTEE.. PLANT AT YOUR OWN RISK. (Please do your research on plant growing before buying).
CASH AND/OR ZELLE PAY ONLY !!!!
Mahalo for your precious time,
Banana, kumquat
also, kiwi vine
Bananas had evolved and been cultivated in tropical region (SE Asia)
This information comes from a neighbor who characterizes the River Rd region as having a permaculture community. The grower’s name is Jan.
(Location approximate)
Mango, avocado
Subtropical trees growing in arid climate
In the musty, tiled apartment of the family of Hindu devotees that hosted us, they offered us durian.
The family and my father proclaimed:
”It has such a strong smell! Like gasoline!”
“Will you like it? It’s okay not to like it.”
I don’t remember having much of an opinion, except that it was an expansive creamy texture that was heavier then I expected. It felt pretty incompatible with the other foods that we had been eating: typically rice, curry and puris with our hands.
My father, Swami Vittalananda Saraswati, had brought us along on his trip to lead services for a family of Malaysian devotees of Shree Maa.
Durian
Nearby, this guy grows many tropical fruit trees in ground:
Fruited:
Full list of plants:
| By leela |
Modified on June 16th, 2023 at 10:18 pm at 11:08 am |
durian, Eden, fruit, fruitarian, fruitarian utopia, Looking For, manifest, paradise, Tech-free, tropical fruit, utopia
I am looking for a natural expanse where:
On this land, I would assemble one or few shelters made of earthen materials (such as cob).
If this place does not exist or is not available to me, I can compromise in the meantime by cultivating a food forest on naked-safe land.
I believe that a primitive lifestyle is a basic right to all people. By fostering a stable, livable climate and growing fruit trees that evolved to feed primates, we provide a baseline of wellbeing.
Durian trees are ultra-tropical. The farther away from the tropics that one seems to grow them, the larger of a grow movement is needed to foster its ideal growing climate.
I welcome others who would join me on this path. This platform, LeelaMaps, is intended for coordinating the development of ecofriendly spaces.
Where I live at this time (April ‘23), the affordable durian has been frozen, and the fresh durian was picked underripe.
When feasible, I consume a durian a day, which is the majority of what I eat.
Pictured is the Naturist International map of naturist/nudist spaces in SE Asia. If you know of any other spaces that are safe to be naked in this region, or other regions that grow durian, please post it here (for privacy, set visibility to leela@leelamaps.com).
Nearby, at Mama’alawe Farm
| By leela |
Modified on April 17th, 2023 at 9:04 am April 7, 2023 at 8:06 pm |
Dai Thanh often has competitive prices on:
(408) 620-1684
Durian grows in this region
| By leela |
Modified on March 2nd, 2023 at 12:03 pm March 2, 2023 at 10:49 am |
| By leela |
Modified on July 3rd, 2023 at 9:45 pm June 26, 2022 at 11:00 am |
Avocado, Campbell FM Source, farm, Orchard, Saratoga FM source, Seed Source, source, Stepladder Creamery, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Stepladder farm grows avocados, cherimoyas, and passionfruit.
| By leela |
Modified on July 5th, 2022 at 4:54 pm June 24, 2022 at 12:20 am |
King Fresh Fruit & Dried Seafood sells fresh durian whose seeds can be germinated.
Price: $15/lb, ~$75/fruit
Seeds: ~9-18
Fresh durian is a complete food. By investing in a fresh durian, you enjoy a full spectrum of nutrients and seeds that can be germinated to grow durian trees.
Volunteer propagators with Lupin Gardens would be happy to germinate provided durian seeds.
Donations to Lupin Gardens can be left at the Lupin Lodge front office.
Text 724-326-3426 to coordinate dropoffs and visitation of plants.
| By leela |
Modified on July 3rd, 2023 at 9:45 pm June 13, 2022 at 11:16 am |
Garden, source, Unexpected Fruit Tree, wheelchair accessible
The International Fruit Orchard (AKA Rare Fruit Orchard) is part of the Emma Prusch Farm Park.
info from iNaturalist
Questionably durian- needs identification
Info from iNaturalist
| By leela |
Modified on May 6th, 2022 at 9:12 am April 17, 2022 at 7:45 pm |
cherimoya, jujube, Mango, Pandanus, starfruit, This Grows Here, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Presumably irrigated
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leela says:
So many gardeners think this is impossible!