Jaboticaba

Plinia cauliflora

fruit

Shiny black berries with thick skin and sweet white flesh tasting of grape, from a small tree of south-eastern Brazil; fresh, as jam or wine. They provide anthocyanins and ellagitannins.

Origin

Brazil

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The berry is pressed between the teeth to suck out the flesh, leaving the thick skin, rich but astringent, with the seeds.

Molecules

Anthocyanins · Ellagitannins

Did you know?

A cauliflorous tree, it bears its flowers and fruit directly on the trunk, stuck to the bark; it is also called the Brazilian grape tree.