Sandoricum koetjape - Santol Tree
By Delonix1
19 Apr, 2025
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My santol tree did very well outside over the winter. It’s leaves dried a bit during the extremely dry, warm weather during the last week of December and first two weeks of January when the humidity values were down to 2 percent with Santa Ana winds in San Diego (same weather as during the Los Angeles fires). Photo taken April 6, 2025.
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I know it taste very similar to a mangosteen. However, I’ve never tasted one.
This tree is my experiment (just like my mangosteen tree). I know people grow them in San Diego, but it’s a pretty rare tree here. It’s very tropical with extremely high water demands to grow well.
20 Apr, 2025
I wish you good luck with it and maybe one day you will be able to taste it.
20 Apr, 2025
Thank you 🙏.
I hope it grows very fast once it gets established!
21 Apr, 2025
I also searched for it & it seems it can grow VERY HIGH so I hope you have enough room for it!
24 Apr, 2025
It supposedly grows fast in the ground (in the tropics), but in San Diego’s dry subtropical climate it’s highly unlikely to reach more than 15 ft (4.6 m) tall. I’ve seen some on Youtube in San Diego gardens about this height and width. I was surprised how wide thry grew in San Diego, though.
27 Apr, 2025
In a dry climate it naturally wouldn't grow so big!
29 Apr, 2025
Yes. As it’s a tropical rainforest tree native to Southeast Asia. It’s a miracle it grows here at all.
30 Apr, 2025
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I had to google this as I never heard of it before.
Do you know how its fruit taste?
19 Apr, 2025