Eugenia neonitida
Sobral
Pitangatuba
(c) Leandro Cardoso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) Leandro Cardoso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) Leandro Cardoso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten fresh and used for drinks, juices, and jellies.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows naturally in the forest near the Atlantic in Brazil.
Brazil*, South America,
How to Identify
An evergreen shrub. It grows 1-2 m tall. The branches are horizontal. The leaves are papery and almost without stalks. They are dark green and smooth on the upper side and lighter and velvety underneath. They are 3-5 cm long. The flowers are white and in groups near the ends of branches. The fruit are oblong and with ridges. They have a thin skin and thick pulp. There are 1-2 seeds that are easy to separate from the pulp.
How to Grow
Plants are grown from seed.
Medicinal Uses
The pulp is high in ascorbic acid.
Other Information
It is a cultivated fruit tree.
Notes
The pulp is high in Ascorbic acid.
