Amazon grape

Pourouma cecropiifolia

fruit

Clusters of thick-skinned purple fruits, whose sweet, gelatinous white pulp is sucked like a grape.

Origin

Western Amazonia

Where to find it

Its clusters are sold in season at the markets of Iquitos and Leticia, as “uvilla”.

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The fruit is squeezed between the fingers to pop out the pulp, which is sucked, and the seed spat out; the skin is thrown away.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Anthocyanins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

It grows fast on cleared land: it is planted to restart the forest.