The "ice cream bean" has been promoted on ABC gardening Australia recently. We have been growing this fascinating large bush for several years and have a few small bushes for sale at $25.00 AUD each plus postage. When the tree fruits it has large pods encasing white pulp, which looks like cotton wool covering black seeds. You ONLY eat the white pulp, not the seeds. The cottonwool -like pulp tastes like ice cream. This tree is a native of Brazil.
Some people refer to this as a bush, but it is more like a spindly sparse tree, with thick drought resistant leathery leaves , which are reddish when young and turn to a darker green. The tree can grow to about 5 metres with a spread of 3 metres, in just 5 years! We find it ideal as a shade tree near windows, easy to manage, allows air flow and hardly needs any trimming.
It has taken a while for the local animals possums and cockatoos to try them out, but now they are eating them all and not leaving any for us! Below are some photos. contact us at sampsms at ozemail dot com dot au.
We have listed this plant on EBay as buy it now.. Hurry while stocks last..
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