I will not be held responsible for symptoms of cold/hot weather shocked or killed plants.

Please look at your local weather forecast before placing your order.

Height: 10-15 ft.

Hardiness: USDA Zone 10 to 13

Sun Exposure: Full Sun/Light shade

Foliage: Evergreen

Time To Fruit: 4-6 years

You are purchasing one 3-6'' tall (pot height is not included) Garcinia Livingstonei (Imbe, African Mangosteen) Seedling Tree Starter Plant in 2.5'' square pot.

Imbe is an evergreen small tree. The leaves are borne in opposite pairs or whorls of 3–4, each leaf blue-green, oval, 2-4 inch long and 1–2.5 inch broad. The flowers are produced in clusters on the stems. The fruit is a small, bright, orange, thin-skinned berry 1-2 inch diameter, with one single large seed; the small yield of edible fruit is pleasantly sweet, yet acidic, but also containing a latex. A traditional food plant in Africa. Cold hardy to 26°F. Season: June-August. The rather tender skin tends to prevent packing and shipping of the fruit, but it deserves to be more widely cultivated as a home fruit. 

Pollination: Imbes have separate sexes, so this means you have to have both a male and a female tree for good fruit production. Isolated female trees sometimes produce a few fruit, but they are quite small and for optimum production it's always best to have a male tree or a male branch grafted onto the female tree.

Can be grown as container culture because of it's slow growth.

Trees grown from seeds are not identical to the parent tree.

Grown in Southern Florida

Pictures are from my garden of the actual plants and actual fruits that I grew.

Shipped via USPS First Class or Priority mail.

CURRENT PROMOTIONS:

10% OFF WHEN YOU BUY 2

15% OFF WHEN YOU BUY 3 OR 4

20% OFF WHEN YOU BUY 5 TO 9

25% OFF WHEN YOU BUY 10 TO 19

30% OFF WHEN YOU BUY 20 OR MORE

IMPORTANT!

Small plants need protection from cold, wind, sun, dry-out.

Place all plants in a spot of moderate temperatures (70-80F) in good light but NOT in a direct sun for two weeks until they adjust from shipping in darkness . NO direct sun, NO partial shade - FULL SHADE ONLY! Sun will burn small plants! Allow the plants a week or two to adjust to their new home before transplanting or fertilizing. If you plan to plant them in the garden, gradually increase their exposure to sunlight and outdoor conditions! Temperatures falling below 60F can result in plant damage.

RETURNS/Replacements. If plants died during the shipment or look sad when received and you can send me the message with the photo the same day or a few days later, plants are still in the original pot, YES, I will replace/refund. If plants are replanted in a new pot/soil, kept outside, overwatered/dried or left in a sun, damaged by cold weather (especially during the night), heat during the day, dry wind, low humidity, sorry, then no replacements/refunds are given.

Plant care instructions are included with every plant or printed on the other side of the included receipt.