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~Peanut Butter Fruit~
aka: Monk's Plum, Marmela, Ciruela Verde
Origin: Central and South America
Species: Bunchosia armeniaca, Bunchosia agentea
Family: Malpighiaceae

This intriguing fruit from South America does have a hint of peanut butter flavor.
Bunchosia armeniaca is an Ornamental Tree, native to the Andean countries of Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.
Ornamental as well as fruit species suitable to tropical, subtropical and marginally warm temperate climate zones,
It can bear exceptional and extremely short lasting drops of temperature up to about -2 °C, cultivated mainly in the family gardens for its fruits.
The fruits, with creamy and sweet pulp with a taste reminding us that of the peanuts, are locally consumed fresh or utilized for jellies, jams and for aromatizing the dishes.
It requires full sun, or at the most a light shade, and draining soils rich of organic substance, preferably slightly acidic to slightly alkaline maintained humid.
The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils.
Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
The waterings must be frequent in summer, more spaced in winter, without ever allowing the substratum to dry up completely.
Fertilize in spring, with a slow-release product like Nutricote.