Botanical Nomenclature: Flacourtia indica
Common Name: Governor s Plum
Family: Salicaceae
Origin: tropical Africa to Southern Asia
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A beautiful large shrub or small tree widely distributed from tropical Africa to Southern Asia between 100 and 2400 m elevation. It has glossy green leaves and small, dark purplish, plum-like, edible and tasty fruits that are eaten fresh or made into jellies or jams. It is a very fast growing plant and can bear fruit after only a few years. It is best suited to tropical and some warm temperate climates in USDA Zones 10 and above and popular for planting hedges.
Flacourtia indica ( english )
If you do not have a seed spreader, greenhouse or similar; proceed as follows:
Fill a container that provides good drainage, with peat and pearlite.
Moisten the substrate so as not to soak it. Plant the seeds and cover lightly.
Place the container, or vase in a polyethylene bag (can be ziplock), found for sale in supermarkets.
This way, you will be providing ideal temperature and humidity for the germinative phase of the seeds.
Your seed should remain in a bright place, but without direct sunlight.
Every 2 to 3 days it must be opened and checked for humidity or if any seed has already germinated. That way you will also be doing an air exchange and avoiding undesirable fungi.
After germination, transfer to individual pots very carefully so as not to damage the roots of small seedlings.
Try to acclimatize the small seedlings for a minimum period of 4 - 12 weeks, before transplanting them to the final location; and try to do it only on cloudy days.
Prepare the planting pit between 2 to 4 weeks before transplanting with fertilizers necessary for its perfect development.
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It benefits greatly from the high thermal amplitude (temperature range between day and night).
It also benefits from the use of GA3 in the process, considerably increasing the germination rate.
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