Egg yolk fruit long seeded type is a plant of the genus Egg yolk fruit in the family Sapotaceae.

Egg yolk fruit like warm and humid climate, native to Cuba and tropical South America, China in the 1930s introduced in the 20th century, Guangzhou in the 1950s began to cultivate, China Guangdong, Guangxi, southern Yunnan and Hainan and other places are cultivated.

The ripe pericarp of egg yolk fruit is yellow-green to orange-yellow, thin and smooth, the flesh is orange-yellow, rich in starch, the texture is like egg yolk and fragrant, the fruit in addition to fresh food, but also can be made into jam, iced cream, drinks or wine, egg yolk fruit tree posture is beautiful, suitable for the cultivation of the garden.

Egg yolk fruit seedlings have seed propagation, circle branch (air pressure), cuttings, grafting and other methods, commonly used is seed propagation and circle branch. Seed propagation is generally carried out in March-April, choose mature full seeds, washed and sand germination 10-15 days, when the seeds "white" sown in the bed, then covered with fine soil 1 cm thick and watered, and finally with straw, leaves or shade net shade waiting for germination can be.

Circle branch propagation is carried out in April-May, in the egg yolk fruit tree selected about 2 cm thick branches, ring peeling 2-3 cm wide after drying for about 7 days, and then add a small amount of grass ash and "Guangzensin 802" 1000 times the liquid of the clean soil wrapped ring peeling, and then wrapped in plastic film sealing, generally 40- 60 days after the sprouting of light white. 60 days after the sprouting of new yellowish roots, until the third growth of roots matured after sawing off the branches of fake plants.

The seedbed should choose a place with sufficient light, try not to hurt the roots when planting, the depth to bury the root ball over 2-3 centimeters is appropriate. After planting, keep the soil moist, but not too wet to prevent root rot, circle branch seedlings sprouting new shoots, should be cut in a timely manner to go over the new shoots, in order to improve the survival rate.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Yolk Fruit