Scientific Name: Cyrtocarpa edulis

[Dibbons]

We have two trees growing alongside one another in the yard. One (photos #1 & #4) has provided thousands of little yellow fruits ("ciruela del monte" in Spanish) and the other (photos #2 & #3) no fruits at all. The trees are only about 10 feet from one another. The tree without fruit has a nice canopy of green leaves. The fruit-bearing plant has a minimum of leaves. This plant is native only to the Baja California desert peninsula. The small yellow fruits (not much larger than a cherry) taste rather bitter to me, but the locals love 'em. This discrepancy in fruit yield between the two trees almost leads me to believe in male and female plants (which I realize do occur in nature in other species).

 

[DeltaV]

Those would make a great cobbler dessert. Served with French vanilla bean ice cream of course.

 

[Photon440]

I like learning new stuff, I hadn't heard of those before. Likely because I live nowhere close.
Here's what I found out: http://www.forsaleinbaja.com/baja-wild-plum.html

 

[493 Mike]

We have two trees growing alongside one another in the yard. One (photos #1 & #4) has provided thousands of little yellow fruits ("ciruela del monte" in Spanish) and the other (photos #2 & #3) no fruits at all. The trees are only about 10 feet from one another. The tree without fruit has a nice canopy of green leaves. The fruit-bearing plant has a minimum of leaves. This plant is native only to the Baja California desert peninsula. The small yellow fruits (not much larger than a cherry) taste rather bitter to me, but the locals love 'em. This discrepancy in fruit yield between the two trees almost leads me to believe in male and female plants (which I realize do occur in nature in other species).

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Man Dibbons, you're like a encyclopedia!
Mike

 

[Richard Cranium]

This discrepancy in fruit yield between the two trees almost leads me to believe in male and female plants

The trees should be able to choose their own gender, or whether they prefer to be nonbinary.