A Tree Bear Fruits on Its Trunk

There’s a tree in Brazil called Jabuticaba, which fruit grows directly from the trunk and branches of tree, can be found in the states of Minas Gerias and Sao Paulo, in the south of Brazil. Jabuticaba popularity has been likened to that of grapes in the United States. The name jabuticaba actually derived from the Tupi word Jabuti (tortoise) + Caba (place), meaning the place where you find tortoises. This Jabuticaba tree has very unusual appearance. The fruit actually is not big, only 3 to 4 cm in diameter, with one to four large seeds, having deep purple coloured skin and a sweet, white or rosy pink gelatinous flesh. This odd tree provides fruit twice a year and continuously irrigated it flower regularly and fresh fruit can be available year round in tropical regions. Jabuticaba fruit are borne directly on the foremost branches. Up to four crops can occur during the warmer time. Harvest the slightly unripe fruit every few days. It can be quite time consuming picking the fruit. When there’s a Jabuticaba season in Minas Gerais, countless street vendors selling fresh Jabuticaba in little net bags, and sidewalks and streets are stained the similar deep purple by discarded Jabuticaba skins. The fruit is quite often used to make jams, tarts, and many other things, because it is largely eaten fresh and ferment in 3 to 4 days after harvest. Because of it’s short shelf-life, fresh Jabuticaba is rarely available in markets outside of areas of cultivation. Jabuticaba fruit is using in medicinal traditionally. A severe decoction of the sun dried skins has been used as a treatment of Asthma, diarrhoea, hemoptysis, and gargled for chronic inflammation of tonsils. Jabuticaba has many powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory anti-cancer compounds. However, Jabuticaba grows in many regions of Brazil, and found mostly in Minas Gerias. Its association with the state is so robust that the Jabuticaba tree appears on the coat of arms of the city of Contagem, and another city in Minas Gerais, Sabará, hosts a Jabuticaba festival annually.

Source: Charismatic Planet