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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I think it might be Billardia longiflora ... give it a google 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    I don't think it is Billardia. The leaves are not right and the fruits are not the same shape.
    Where are you situated emmarodriguezzz? Is this a climber, as that is what Billardia is and on your picture it looks more like a shrub? It may be worth contacting the RHS and sending them a picture and they will be able to identify it correctly for you.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • PhaidraPhaidra Posts: 582
    I entirely agree with Dove.  These are not quinces though  I have no idea what they are, I'm afraid.  Quinces can be pear-shaped or roundish and their leaves have a slightly grayish look about them, but their fruit turns yellowish, never purple.

    My Greek grandfather had plenty in his orchard, so I've known them since childhood.  I love their blossom, the flavour of the beautifully perfumed fruit itself and the tea you can make out of their sun-dried leaves!  




  • Even if they do turn yellow I do not believe they are quinces.
    No quinces Im
    aware of have that segmented shape.  
    I thought the same thing when my neighbour said that, sort of has segments like a pepper inside, I thought quinces just have the seeds. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    The onlyy fruit I can see looking like that is Mangosteen.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    It reminds me a bit of Lilly Pilly fruit, also called Smithii or Eugenia. It’s the texture of the fruit flesh more than anything else. Sorry I can’t give a definite ident. 😏
    S. E. NSW
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    The closest I can get is Surinam Cherry?
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    I don't think it's Billardiera either, because the fruit has no stalk, as well as the leaves & fruit not being an exact match for shape.

    @emmarodriguezzz - are you in the UK?  

    Does the shrub have spines?  It does look remarkably like Chaenomeles, or flowering quince, apart from the colour of the fruit.  (Proper quince is indeed different, @Phaidra - it's Cydonia oblonga.)  Even the cut-open fruit looks like Chaenomeles...  has someone been out with a paintbrush???  I can't find anything like it on the Web...

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Lyn said:
    The onlyy fruit I can see looking like that is Mangosteen.
    I THINK mangosteen is smoother and more round. This sort of has lumps like the outside of a pumpkin, and the appearance of a pepper on the inside. 
  • I don't think it's Billardiera either, because the fruit has no stalk, as well as the leaves & fruit not being an exact match for shape.

    @emmarodriguezzz - are you in the UK?  

    Does the shrub have spines?  It does look remarkably like Chaenomeles, or flowering quince, apart from the colour of the fruit.  (Proper quince is indeed different, @Phaidra - it's Cydonia oblonga.)  Even the cut-open fruit looks like Chaenomeles...  has someone been out with a paintbrush???  I can't find anything like it on the Web...

    I'll have a look for spines when I get home but I am based in South West England. Its really bugging me because I've been searching the Web for days and can't find anything! It's so weird
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