Calabao/Torres Straits Scrambler

Leuba Ridgway & shekainah d. alaban .... Apologies to you both! Brain could'nt have been in gear yesterday. i.d corrected..... thank you!

Good, Viv. Although, I am a little confused - Custard Apple is Annona reticulata and the common name for Uvaria rufa is Calabao /Torres Strait Scrambler.

I grew up eating Custard Apple and know it quite well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annona_reti...

Anyway, I've learnt about another plant. Thanks to you and Shekainah.

Got a positive id Leuba : )

Thank you for the ident shekainah d. alaban much appreciated. We have the fruit for sale when in season here in the market, but I have never see the flower before now.

Specimen : Wild edible fruit ;

Habitats : Dry grasslands, creek bank thickets, roadsides, tropical forest, cultivated land ;

Traits : Drought-tolerant; Evergreen; Shade tolerant; Scandent shrub or woody climber; vine is used as furniture fixtures and other alternative rural household implements in the Philippines;

Rule in the food chain : Young leaves are larval host plant of Tiailed Jay and Common Blue Bottle butterflies.

Very pretty. I hope you get an ID for this. The flower alone has Rafflesia-like characteristics, doesn't it ? but it's obviously not...