Hawaiian Tropical Plant Nursery, LLC

Family: Burseraceae. Common Name: Safou. Fruits with a rich oily pulp. Typically cooked and used in a number of dishes in Africa. Native to tropical rain forest of western Africa; Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC. Dioecious with occasional plants that have...

Common Names: guanabana, soursop. Large fruits weighing 2 to 4 pounds. White flesh is fragrant with a sweet-tart flavor. Unusual cream colored flowers 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Leaves are used medicinally and are often sold as graviola. As with...

Common Name: chempedak. Large tree native to lowland rain forest in Southeast Asia. Fruits are about 6 inches in diameter and 16 inches long. Pulp is sweet and soft.

Fruits are about 6 inches long and look like a giant yellow rambutan. White sweet flesh. Related to jak fruit. This Borneo native has large leaves and becomes a huge tree in the tropics.

Common Names: Ube, purple yam. One of the true yams not a sweet potato. Vigourous twining vines with purple on the stems, petioles and leaf veins. Can be grown in a large pot (15 or 20 gallon) or in an area with deep soil. Tubers can become very...

Durian fruits have rich creamy flavor with hints of fine cheese, walnut or almond and roasted garlic. Some people can't tolerate the strong smell. But once you taste the fruit the complex rich flavor is excellent. Trees are native to low...

Common Name: Araza. Aromatic 3 inch fruits ripen to bright yellow. Makes good juice.  Begins to fruit at 3 to 4 years old. Plants fruit well in containers.

Common Names: Pitanga, Suriname cherry. Shrub to small tree. Our plant bear bright red fruit that has a nice sweet spicy flavor. Easy to grow. Good container plant

Grown for dark purple fruit which is high in antioxidants. Also, provides a sustainable harvest for palm heart. Plants form clumps with numerous trunks. Moist humid tropical conditions. A few plants ready to ship in the summer or fall.

2 inch reddish orange edible fruit related to mangosteen. This species is native to tropical SE Asia. Glossy leaves. Small to medium tree. Young plants are best with some shade. Prefers a slightly acidic soil high in organic matter. Use a...

Relative of mangosteen that grows near the coast in the equatorial Pacific. Reported to take more exposure than the mangosteen. Fruits are about 2 inches in diameter. Glossy deep green leaves. Young plants may need to be staked until they...

Family: Clusiaceae. Common Names: Achachairu, Bolivian mangosteen. Prized in South America for its sweet edible fruit. If the fruits are tart, they are not ripe; it may take an additional 3 to 4 weeks to ripen after the fruit begins to turn...

Syn. Rheedia magnifolia. Family: Clusiaceae. Common Name: madrono. One of several species with the common name madorno. Prized in South America for its edible fruit. Medium sized tree with large dark green leathery leaves. Young plants need some...

Common Name: mangosteen. Considered one of the best tropical fruits when perfectly ripened under ideal growing conditions. Purple fruits are about 3 inches in diameter. Flesh is white sweet and succulent with 0 to 1 seed per fruit. Plants require...

Common Name: Calabash Nutmeg. Family: Annonaceae. Seeds are used as a nutmeg substitute. Medium sized tree native to tropical rain forest of equatorial Africa. Beautiful and unusual reddish flowers. Large leaves are 10 to 14 inches long. Full sun...

Small tree bearing sweet purple fruits. Flavor is similar to muscadine. Fruits can be consumed fresh or made into jam or wine. Native to southern Brazil. Tolerates light to moderate frost down to about 27 F. 

Common Name: Pandan. Leaves are used to flavor rice dishes and curries in Thailand. Also used in the Philippines. Deep green leaves. Plants eventually branch densely.

Common Name: almirajo. Family: Malvaceae (subfamily: Bombacoideae). Fruits are yellow and sweet and reported to be similar to some Pouteria species in flavor. Medium tree native to the Choco region of Colombia. New growth is purplish red and...

Common Name: Guayaba agria. Fragrant fruits are used for juice, jam, and jelly. Very nice flavor but somewhat tart; may need to be sweetened or mixed with sweeter fruit. Fruits are approximately 3 inches in diameter and ripen to yellow. Seeds are...

Large bright yellow fruit with sweet creamy fleshy. One of my favorite fruits. Trees begin to bear at about 3 years old. Tropical humid conditions are required.

Common Name: Katook. Native to tropical Southeast Asia. Leaves and very young shoots are eaten cooked. High in protein. Delicious nutty flavor. Plants require warm temperatures and are best in full sun. Easy to grow.

Family: Fabaceae. Small tree with bright yellow flowers native to southeast. Flowers are edible. Fast growing and will usually bloom within 6 weeks after moving into a 3 or 5 gallon pot. My established plants started to branch only after blooming...

Common Names: Mocambo, white chocolate. This rare relative of cacao is native to Central America. Large pods are filled with sweet pulp. Seeds are edible roasted and have a good flavor (hints of peanut and chocolate combined). Also, can be finely...

Cacao seeds are very short viability and are cleaned and shipped when pods are harvested.  If they can not be shipped with the rest of your order, there will be a $5.00 Priority Mail Charge. Seeds may germinate in transit