Africa’s best-known mangosteen relative is the Imbe, known as “the Queen of Fruits”, a tree whose soft and  colorful fruits brighten up markets from Senegal to South Africa.

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 Common  names : African mangosteen (Eng.); Afrika-geelmelkhout (Afr.);  umPhimbi, uGobandlovu (isiZulu); mmimbi (xiTsonga); mokongono,  mokononga (siPedi)

Lowveld Mangosteen

Family : Clusiaceae (Guttiferae)

Garcinia livingstonei T. Anderson

Synonyms: Garcinia angolensis Vesque

  This tree decorates Mozambique’s capitol and can be seen near Victoria Falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

You are bidding on * live starter plant seedlings with vigorous root systems * inches tall with * leaves born and growing in a  small container for ease of transplant.

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Imbe

An evergreen slow growing small tree with interesting branching pattern, oddly shaped growth habit. The  fruits are produced in profusion and are edible, having a refreshing acid-sweet flesh. In Mozambique the fruit is used to  prepare a pleasant alcoholic beverage.

Lowveld Mangosteen

With sap that makes arrow poison, leaves that contain antibacterial  compounds, and fruit as tasty as its cousin mangosteen, the uses of Imbe (Garcinia livingstonei) are as varied as the places  visited by its namesake David Livingstone. One of about 400 varieties of Garcinia, imbe is the best known relative of the  mangosteen in Africa. Its botanical name, Garcinia livingstonei T. Anderson, derives from David Livingstone. In the East African area through which the legendary explorer wandered during the 1860s.

An evergreen small tree with interesting branching pattern, with  three lateral branches being produced at right angles to the trunk at each node, oddly shaped growth habit makes it valuable  more for a landscape curiosity than just for its fruit. The male flowers are showy and sweet-smelling. The fruits are produced in  profusion and are edible, having a refreshing acid-sweet flesh. However, the sticky latex can be irritating. In Mozambique the  fruit is used to prepare a pleasant alcoholic beverage. Extracts of the leaves and flowers have tested positive for antibiotic  properties. It is drought-resistant, and can tolerate light frost for a short period of time.

 

Imbe trees are normally described as being dioecious (male and female flowers occurring  on separate trees). Both sexes flower prolifically, and the quantities of pollen and nectar they produce attract large  numbers of insects, which in turn attract large numbers of birds, making Imbe trees a boon to the environment. As the  season, progresses the trees become loaded with ripe fruit and take on an even more exceptional appearance. Each fruit looks  like a small plum: yellow-orange-red in color and round or ovoid in shape but it has a point at the bottom.


Although the fruit is tasty, the plant is more often used as an ornamental tree in landscaping than a source of food.

Hardy, somewhat salt-tolerant, and drought-resistant, the tree occurs naturally in landscapes as  varied as the sand dunes of Tana Delta in Kenya, open woodland of South Africa, the Okavango Delta of Botswana, and termite mounds in Zambia.  The tree provides forage for wildlife like elephants and canoe-building material, although the latex  produced by the tree can make the wood difficult to carve.

Imbe forms a shrub or small tree with a dense spreading or conical crown topping a short, often twisted trunk or cluster of  trunks. The effect is a tree that seems to grow strangely off-kilter. Its unsymmetrical shape and stiff, dark leaves  create a striking appearance. This unusual and eye-catching form, together with the evergreen foliage and heavily scented  flowers, make it a landscaper’s dream.

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     All  live plants if shipped bare-root are wrapped  in moist sphagnum moss to ensure the  plant's healthy transit to you. All live plants are  Inspected By USDA Plant Inspectors before they are shipped  to insure you get healthy pest free plants and seeds.

We ship  via USPS Mondays-Wednesday with Delivery confirmation.

            All plant materials are  required by LAW to inspected and certified by USDA prior to  export Hawaii to the US Mainland.

After Inspection, USDA stamps released for  export Hawaii to the US Mainland. All items are delivered to  USDA Inspection Station at Honolulu International airport.

USDA  Certification charge  is included in Shipping and Handling @ $5 fee per item/species.

There  is a packing and custom boxing fee.

Last and usually least is USPS postage (shipping)

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The  additional charge for any Phytosanitary Certificate is  not included in this offer.

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We will combine shipping  for auctions won on the same week paid with same PayPal  payment.

This policy is good  for auction items bought and paid for in the week ending  MONDAY.

We ship on Tuesdays.

Payment must be  received within 4 days of the auction ending. 

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For 2-3 winning  auctions, the combined discount is 10% of the total Shipping  and Handling charges.

For 4-7 winning  auctions, the combined discount is 20% of the total Shipping  and Handling charges.

For 7+ winning  auctions, the combined discount is 30% of the total Shipping  and Handling charges.

As  each order is packed and prepared separately you will pay the quoted S/H charges individually per item. If you buy the same species in that item it  does calculate out the discount (i.e.: additional items)

My stores' combined shipping is built in for same items rather than a varied  selection. Domestic S/H includes postage, USDA certification and inspection, proper packing and delivery to Airport for  prompt delivery. I can't really change any of these. If you want one of this and one of that, it is hard to discount  much as each different species requires it's own prep, packing, then at USDA each has to be unwrapped and inspected  then repacked. USDA requires me to clean and prepare every last piece before we drive them to the Inspection Station on  the other side of the island. It takes my wife and I, 2-3 days to pack items and get ready to ship. The whole next day  we drive around the island and get inspected (2-3 hours), then drive to the Airport Post Office to drop off. It takes  the same work with the same type item if you can understand.

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 Small plants need protection from many things, wind, sun, dry-out. They do well just in the garage or living  room. They need good light but not sunlight (full sun will burn small plants). Small pots dry-out easily. Just sitting in a shallow tray of water works  well. The idea is to keep the plants from dehydrating.

Be careful if you decide to re-pot.  Re-potting voids any warranty. Plants are easily damaged with new/different mix. Use NO fertilizers (this may kill your plants).  Proper care is critical upon arrival. Live Plants are NOT GUARANTEED  to survive under your care. DO NOT expect any live plant to be GUARANTEED to remain alive. Plants are NOT GUARANTEED TO SURVIVE after you begin Care! Live arrival is guaranteed,  eternal survival is up to you.

 IF YOU are NOT able to provide PROPER CARE, PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT plant to be GUARANTEED after it perishes.

NO REPLACEMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED IF YOU HAVE REPOTTED THE PLANT.

Please Do NOT email me a week after potting your plant, and make a claim it arrived damaged. If you repot your plant after delivery, all warranties are voided and no replacement is offered. All  photos must be as arrived in original condition as received (in the box and packed as delivered).

If repotted, you are responsible for the condition of the plant. NO REPLACEMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED IF YOU HAVE REPOTTED THE PLANT.

Not every plant that I grow survives, and I am aware of that and accept the risk when I order. This is the risk that you as the buyer accept, because there is no way to know what kind  of conditions it will endure in the trip to your door. My responsibility ends when a live plant is delivered to your door.

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LIVE PLANTS ARE PERISHABLE.

There is the risk when you grow plants that they may die.  LIVE PLANTS are PERISHABLE, guaranteed not to live forever.

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I am very reasonable and understanding, anything can happen to small plants in transit, for this reason uninsurable.

The expense to send it to you is most of your payment. To send any replacements, I try to piggy back with your next order.

Replacement is not an option for CUSTOMS SEIZURE.

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