Bear fruit - Import export

"History and Origin Lucuma has been called the 'gold of the Incas'. Lucuma has been cultivated in the Peruvian highlands since 200 AD, when people discovered the caramel-sweet fruit. In Peru, 26 villages are named after this beloved fruit. The lucuma tree grows best at an altitude between 450 and 1000 metres. The tree can withstand drought well, but cannot withstand frost. High humidity is needed to produce the fruit. Lucuma trees only start producing fruit after 5 years and each tree produces up to 500 fruits per year. The fruits are yellow-brown in colour and can weigh up to one kilo each. Processing into Lucuma powder The lucuma tree bears fruit throughout the year, but the main harvest takes place in spring between January and April. When the fruit falls from the lucuma tree it is not yet ripe and the pulp is too hard to be edible. The fruit must be stored under hay until the bitter white latex breaks down and the pulp softens, but even when the fru…"