second one is Calabash, and not sure what that sign means :)

Tim

Sign means, deposit bikini tops here.

Thanks Tim.

I was looking in TT website and saw pics of Lemon Drop Mangosteen could it be?

JF

I do not think it is lemon drop mangosteen. Where were these pics taken?

It looks like it may be a nance tree (Byrsonima crassifolia).

I have never seen the tree in person but the fruit looks similar. What do you think?

Here is a link that might be useful: Nance - Byrsonima crassifolia

Were these pics from your Mexico travel? I'd go out of my way to get some calabash fruits if it's grown here locally.

Tim

Try to get a fruit from the 1st tree and open it. That way we could get a better idea. Could me mangosteen, could be nance.

Fruit way too large for lemon drop. Leaves don't even look like a garcinia. After looking up what Sheehan suggested above, looks right on the money.

TT are f'ing idiots. I wouldn't believe a single pic/description on their site...even if it said "mango" and there was fruit hanging from the tree in the pic. I would still not trust them.

i second jay on all accounts

The tree is from a little town outside of Sisal Mexico, can't recall the name. I did not try the fruit I was too busy eating mangos, sapotes and other fruits.

JF

First one is not lemon drop mangosteen and wife says not nance (different leaf). Not sure what that is.

Jeff

Looks like a longans to me, Dimocarpus longan. Not a well cared for speciman, however.

Byrsonima crassifolia,nance

Need to look up some pics of longan.

Yes....I think Nance is the correct ID on the yellow fruits....with all due defference to Jeff's wife.

Harry

I guess it's possible. The nance has a glossy leaf - a bit like an avocado leaf. Wife cut her teeth climbing those trees, but it's possible that the specimen in the picture has a more sickly look due to different climatic conditions.

There's a giant nance tree at the fruit and spice park by the bananas. The fruit are delicious - very unique flavor. You can buy them frozen at the ethnic/hispanic markets. For a while zill's was propagating them.

There are some really neat nance variations from Central America including one with fruit the size of a quarter and another that has no astringency. There are also nance fruit of different colors (green and dark purple if I remember correctly). Unfortunately it really hasn't caught on as a dooryard fruit here.

Jeff

Yeap, it's nance. My wife confirmed it. I had a smoothie or licuado of nance in Parque Santa Ana in Merida. It was amazing!

JF