PlantFiles: Santol, Sentul, Kechapi, Lolly Fruit
Sandoricum koetjape

A gift seedling given last summer has become a beautiful houseplant with large,lush dark green,corrugated, tri leafed leaves. It has thrived indoors on sometimes very low humidity although i have never let it dry out. It doesnt seem to be a drought tolerant tree. Fast growing. Just a total surprise as it is a somewhat obscure tropical fruiting tree and no photo on the net i have seen shows the real beauty of the foliage EXCEPT mine,IF I do say so myself-lol. From what i have been told Santol is a favorite of the Filipino culture as it is native to the Philippines. Santol fruit comes in two forms..one sweet ,one sour. Sweet is much prefered. It is also said to be slow to mature and fruit-up to ten years is the wait more or less. The fruit are difficult to peel. A large, long lived, great looking tree.