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Meiogyne cylindrocarpa
Fingersop (Meiogyne cylindrocarpa) is a small evergreen rainforest tree or shrub from tropical Asia and northern Australia, grown for its sweet, edible fruit. It is usually raised from seed or grafted stock and is best kept in a warm, frost-free spot.
Meiogyne cylindrocarpa, commonly known as fingersop or native apricot in Australia, is a small tree or shrub in the custard apple family Annonaceae. It is native to parts of tropical Asia and Australasia.
Fingersop is typically propagated by seeds, taking anywhere from two weeks to six months to germinate. Seedlings of M. c. subsp. cylindrocarpa tend to be smaller, with a bushier form than M. c. subsp. trichocarpa, which is more erect. Trees bear fruit after five to six years, but when grafted, will produce much sooner and develop a smaller, more compact form.
The plant is available in Australia and elsewhere from plant nurseries.
Meiogyne cylindrocarpa is native to Borneo, Java, the Philippines, New Guinea, the Mariana Islands, and Vanuatu, and to Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia. It grows in drier types of rainforest such as monsoon forest, in rocky areas and gullies.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Meiogyne cylindrocarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
