Star Apple - Newcomb Thai Cool Temperate

Cool Temperate

The red shahtoot is ideal for growing in pots and containers due to it small growing habit and it is ideal for school gardens as it does not produce fruits that stain and the sweet fruits are very appealing to children

An excellent plant for landscaping as it grows well in rockeries and succulent Gardens

Care must be taken when eating as the seed has spines

often referred to as the ‘hero’ of mangos

Star Apple - Newcomb Thai Cool TemperateStar Apple Newcomb A purple skinned variety with translucent flesh. The delicious sweet fruit has flavours reminiscent of grape and melon, however, fruit should be well coloured and mature, as immature fruit are sticky with latex, especially near the skin. Star apples are very attractive as an ornamental specimen tree. A medium to large evergreen tree, its weeping form and glossy, velvet, green leaves, with a gold underside, gives the tree its ability