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Suhosine Mulberry - Debregeasia edulis - anyone grow these?

 
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I took deliver of five Debregeasia edulis "Elite" plants today, after they made me ever-so-curious about their tiny orange mulberry-like balls of fruit that reportedly taste like strawberries: https://onegreenworld.com/product/suhosine-mulberry/

They are in small 9cm pots but the stems look like they've had a few years of growth on them. I honestly don't know what to expect other than a mature height and spread of 6-8 feet. How long does it take them to produce fruit? What is the mature yield per tree?

I did a search here for the names (common and Latin) and the search results showed no mention of this interesting plant ever. The "Elite" cultivar claims to be self-fertile.

Does anyone have experience with these cool, weird trees? One reference online suggested that the leaves were also edible, but I couldn't find any authoritative source to confirm that.
 
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What an interesting plant! Ha, at first I would have thought a raspberry relative, not a nettle (or even mulberry!). That looks very interesting, I hope you have excellent harvests!

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Thanks!

All the plants appear to be doing well. Interesting that the plant can do alright in part shade, though I've found mostly-sunny spots for them.

At a mature size of 8 feet tall and 6-8 feet wide, the hope is that we will have a zero-maintenance plant with novel fruit. I don't think we'll get any fruit this year, but I'll report back if we do.
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