Decaisnea insignis seed

LATIN NAME: Decaisnea insignis

COMMON NAME: Blue Sausage Fruit

The blue sausage fruit carries its large, pinnate leaves and the small, greenish-yellow flowers in the long, drooping clusters, and the whole shrub stands in the open, bold clumps. The open, bold, deciduous shrub or small tree carries the large, pinnate leaves with the many oval, pointed leaflets and the small, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers in the long, drooping panicles through the early summer, one of the fine, quiet sights of the cool garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the striking, long, cylindrical, blue-violet, fleshy fruits with the translucent, sweet pulp around the flat, dark seeds. The fruits have a very long record as the fine, striking, sweet pulp of the cool tables, and the shrub is a fine, historic presence of the cool garden. It is a shrub of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The blue sausage fruit is a historic subject of the plant science, and the drooping panicles keep showing up in the work on the ornamental shrubs. The way the long, cylindrical, blue-violet, fleshy fruits form from the small, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the ornamental shrubs, the pinnate leaves and the members of the lardizabala family. The pointed leaflets and the open habit have also made it a fine study shrub, and the blue sausage fruit is a regular subject of the work on the drooping panicles of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The blue sausage fruit is a fine, quiet shrub of the cool garden and the study collection. The long, cylindrical, blue-violet, fleshy fruits hang from the branches through the late summer, one of the fine, striking sights of the cool garden, and the translucent, sweet pulp around the flat, dark seeds has a very long record as the fine, sweet pulp of the cool tables, the fresh pulp coming to the fruit bowls and the cool desserts of the old kitchens, while the small, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers in the long, drooping panicles open through the early summer, drawing the bees. It is one of the fine choices for the cool garden, the specimen bed and the study collection, and it has been written up in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the blue-violet fruits and the very long history. It is a fine, quiet shrub of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young shrubs the deep, rich, moist bed, and the blue fruits will come in the years to come.

To grow the blue sausage fruit from seed, sow the large, dark-brown seeds over the surface of the deep pot of rich, sandy soil, without covering them, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then pot the young shrubs on as they fill the pot. The seedlings show themselves within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the blue fruits will come in the years to come.

NAME: Blue Sausage – Dead Man’s Fingers – Fruit Seeds – Decaisnea fargesii – Used as Halloween Decoration – Hardy to Zones 6 – 10

OTHER COMMON NAMES: Blue Sausage Fruit Tree, Blue bean Tree, Dead Man’s Fingers, Decaisnea insignis, Blue cucumber shrub

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Decaisnea fargesii

COLOR: Yellow-Green

HARVEST: 85-90 days

PLANT HEIGHT: Up to 20 feet
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Full Sun to Part Shade

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Medium