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Post by blueadzuki on Jan 17, 2010 21:26:54 GMT -5
I know its a monumental longshot but
does anyone out there have seed for this plant that they migh be willing to trade for?
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Post by mjc on Jan 18, 2010 2:56:44 GMT -5
Well since B&T World seeds doesn't have a listing for it, it must be nigh on to impossible to find...
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Post by stevil on Jan 18, 2010 6:11:50 GMT -5
The name is spelt slightly wrong : Macrotyloma geocarpum
(haven't checked B&T)
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Post by paquebot on Jan 18, 2010 9:42:46 GMT -5
Expecting to have some Njugu Mawe to try this year. They are ground nuts and will be coming from Tanzania. I'm almost certain that we won't have a long enough growing season here but willing to give them a try.
Martin
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Post by blueadzuki on Jan 18, 2010 10:55:56 GMT -5
Well since B&T World seeds doesn't have a listing for it, it must be nigh on to impossible to find... Yeah it's no Bambarra groundnut Vigna suterrenea oh well I guess I'll file that in the "if only" file along with the keppel apple ( Stelechocarpus burahol) a cherimoya relitive whose fruit supposedly have the power to make you sweat smell like violets and the mathematics tree ( Shummaniophyton something or other) |
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Post by mjc on Jan 18, 2010 11:49:12 GMT -5
Give me a couple of weeks and I may be able to track down someone I know who may have an idea of where to start looking...yes, he is from Nigeria, but I don't know how much he knows about farming, as I'm not sure what part he is from. The only problem is that he is working on a graduate degree at Pitt and I seldom see him.
I checked the correct spelling...and about the only thing I was coming up with were scores of research papers OR recipes...
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Post by orflo on Jan 18, 2010 12:19:37 GMT -5
As Stephen already mentioned it's macrotyloma, with a c. It seems to be endemic in Cameroon, Nigeria and some other countries in that neighbourhood. And yes, I googled that, I don't know anything about the plant. But I do have some friends from Cameroon, they could possibly tell me more about it. They once brought a nut from Cameroon, they called it bitter cola. After some research I did find out it was garcinia cola. They used it as something that gave them energy. Well, if you consider the face I made when I tasted this bitterness, it sure gave me some energy... ;D ;D ;D But that was just about the only energy it gave me... bittercolaworld.blogspot.com/ |
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