I recently received seeds of a strange funky fruit from a friend in the Amazon. We have no idea what it is, and Jim West can’t tell from the photos that my friend sent to him either. There was a delay in getting the seeds here, but I stuck them in some soil two days ago, and they are already starting to sprout, so they seem like survivors!
It’s a medium-small tree that fruits in February/March at ~800m elevation in SE Ecuador. If anyone knows what it is, please don’t hesitate to comment.
https://identify.plantnet.org/fr/k-central-america/species/Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) Schult./data
Could it be this: Posoqueria Latifolia
That’s an interesting plant, so thanks for sharing. The descriptions and photos don’t quite match though. I suspect that it’s most likely a Leonia species, but I don’t yet know which one.