Fruit Tree identification

[microage97]

Aloha all,

Can someone identify this fruit tree for me? Unsure of what it is.

http://www.japanish.org/gallery/HPP_Lot/

Mahalo!
Dave

[Rene]

It looks like a papaya.

[Lee M-S]

not papaya, their leaves are lobed, this one is palmate.
how about http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/car...as_edu.jpg
Casimiroa edulis, Rutaceae, white sapote. Small tree from Mexico and Central America, with palmate leaves, small greenish flowers, and rounded, shallowly 5-lobed, somewhat apple-like fruit about 3 inches in diameter. The skin is thin, green or yellow, enclosing a soft, juicy, edible sweetish pulp. In Mexico, the bark, leaves and seeds are used medicinally to induce sleep. Location: Mauka-Ewa of Sinclair Library, near University Ave.

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[shave_ice]

Looks like Malabar Chestnut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachira_aquatica

[lquade]

malabar chestnut...oops already got your answer...

[bananahead]

Malibar chestnut


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[bananahead]

haha, I dont like to read answer before too...
aloha

easily grown from seeds.. if you ask someone with mature trees, they usually have keiki below them you can easily pull out and transplant. beautiful tree IMO

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[leilaniguy]

Also makes a good bonsai, stays dwarfed in a small pot. The flowers are nice.

[microage97]

Thanks! It is a Malibar chestnut!!!!

[Carey]

Here is a nice papaya image, for those that need to have a comparison (note the heavy leaf scars on the trunk & the very notched leaves):
http://ulocal.kitv.com/mediadetail/18866...?gid=79867&uid=&sort=hits DESC&offset=38