The Olosapo fruit (Couepia polyandra) a member of the Rosaceae or rose family, is indigenous to Central America and Mexico. In Florida it makes an attractive small gray-trunked tree with 5- to 7-inch-long leaves, shiny dark green on top with a contrasting dull whitish-tomentose green under side. Several crops of fruit are borne annually, usually appearing from early fall through spring. During bloom, panicles containing minute white flowers appear in profusion on the terminal branches. These are soon followed by clusters of 3½-inch-long by 1½-inch-diameter orange-yellow 'pickle-shaped' fruit. The fruit of the olosapo is thin-skinned, slightly fibrous and resembles the canistel (Pouteria campechiana) in taste.
Propagation : seed and layer
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