Clausena lansium (Wampee) seed
LATIN NAME: Clausena lansium
COMMON NAME: Wampee
The wampee is the small, golden fruit of the warm garden, and the fragrant, white flowers open in the loose clusters through the late winter. The small to medium, evergreen tree carries the pinnate leaves of the many glossy leaflets and the small, white, fragrant flowers in the loose, terminal clusters through the late winter, to be followed by the round, oval or conical, thin-skinned, yellow fruits of the sweet, aromatic flesh, one of the fine, warm sights of the fruit garden. The fruits have a long record as the sweet of the warm tables, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the warm orchard. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The wampee is a historic subject of the plant science, and the golden fruits keep showing up in the work on the warm citrus relatives. The breeding of the wampee for the sweet, aromatic flesh and the thin skins has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the warm fruit trees, the citrus-family fruits and the members of the rue family. The pinnate leaves and the small, evergreen habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the wampee is a regular subject of the work on the golden fruits of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The wampee is a fine, historic tree of the warm orchard and the fruit garden. The round, oval or conical, thin-skinned, yellow fruits hold the sweet, aromatic flesh that has a long record as the sweet of the warm tables, eaten fresh from the tree and pressed into the cool drinks and the jams of the warm kitchens, and the fragrant, white flowers open through the late winter. The tree is one of the fine choices for the warm fruit garden, the courtyard and the orchard, and it has been written about in the culinary and the botanical papers for the golden fruits and the sweet, aromatic flesh. It is a fine, historic tree of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the young tree a sheltered, warm corner and a little mulch in the dry season.
To grow the wampee from seed, sow the small, brown seeds a centimetre down in a pot of moist seed compost, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out after the last frosts. The seedlings show themselves within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the golden fruits will come in their own good time.
Clausena lansium (Wampee) seed