Guaijí

Couepia subcordata

fruit

An Amazonian tree (Brazil, Peru), also grown for its shade and fruit in Colombia, and established on the coast of Ecuador. Its fruit, green and then dark yellow when ripe, holds a single seed under a pulp eaten fresh or processed in the countryside.

Origin

Coast of Ecuador

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The ripe, dark yellow fruit is rinsed and eaten raw, setting aside its single large seed and the skin if it is tough; it is also pressed for juice.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

In Brazil it is called marirana or umarirana; a botanist who collected it in Amazonas found that its pulp tasted like umari, another Amazonian fruit.