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El Bumpo
B tier
El Bumpo is a cherimoya cultivar known for conspicuously knobbly, “bumpy” skin sculpture—fun to recognise and still yielding creamy white interior when ripe. Flavour is sweet-aromatic in the Annona style; the rough exterior can hide minor scars better than smooth types. Garden novelty meets real dessert quality. Do not judge ripeness only by looks—feel for give between the knobs. Spoon out seeds as usual. Kids remember the name; chefs notice the textured shell on a platter. Same fragile postharvest behaviour as smoother cultivars.
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El Bumpo was circulated among California cherimoya hobbyists for its knobbly fruit.
Nursery lists advertised El Bumpo as a distinctive ornamental-edible type.
Tropical fruit collectors maintained El Bumpo in home orchards.
Social media fruit videos occasionally featured El Bumpo’s textured skin.