OCTOBER 24th 2002
Much to my surprise, since there are no natural pollinators for this plant here, earlier this year I found she had developed a fruit or rather drupe. So have been watching the fruit which turned golden yellow almost overnight at one point. Drupe was still developing but I could see from the attaching stem that the time was soon. Judging by the crappy weather, figured rather than run the risk of loosing this fruit, which I suspect got pollinated by the wind, I would remove and deal with it. Let the fruit rest for 2 days and saw that it started to dry a bit so I opened and planted the seed.
- H -

ps: from what I understand, these seeds are the "brain texture" type
so this confirms that parent plant is the "real deal": Tabernanthe iboga. (sp?)