Monday, May 25, 2015

Mexican Fruit Trees Geiger Tree or Ciritote

Geiger Tree (English), Ciritote (Spanish), K'oopte' (Maya) Cordia dodecandra, Boraginaceae Family. Highly priced hard wood, delightful fig style wild fruit with a shelled nut flavor similar to an almond. Native to Mexico, the tree bloom's from March to May and bears fruit during the summer, its small aromatic fruit is cooked to create sweet compose and marmalades.  Ciricote wood is a highly valuable fine hardwood; its leaves is used for fine sanding including feet dry skin.

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