Brazil Cherry (Grumichama)
Brazil Cherry (Grumichama)
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Other names: Grumichama
Origin: Brazil
Tree Height: 15-20 ft.
Season: November to February
Cold Hardiness: 26ºF
Fruit Description: The long-stalked fruit is oblate, 1/2-3/4 in. wide. Turns from green to bright-red and finally dark-purple to nearly black as it ripens, bearing the persistent, purple- or red-tinted sepals, to 1/2 in. long, at its apex. Skin is thin, firm and exudes dark-red juice. There may be 1 more or less round, or 2-3 hemispherical, hard, light-tan or greenish-gray seeds to 1/2 in. wide and half as thick.
More Info: This plant grows well in Florida and is considered productive but invasive in parts of Hawaii. It is closely related to Cherry of the Rio Grande, Star Cherry, and Surinam Cherry, and more distantly to Jaboticaba. The taste of Grumichama fruit is a cross between a guava and a grape – it's quite pleasant! The dark purple skin is easy to eat and apparently extremely high in antioxidants (a super food).
Photo Credit: Ian Maguire UF/TREC
Malpighia emarginata is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae.
Common names include acerola cherry (Spanish pronunciation: [aθeˈɾola], Brazilian Portuguese: [aseˈɾɔlɐ], European Portuguese: [ɐsɨˈɾɔlɐ], Barbados cherry, West Indian cherry,[2] wild crepe myrtle[3] and seriz (Haitian Creole). Acerola is native to South America, southern Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, and Central America, but is now also being grown as far north as Texas and in subtropical areas of Asia, such as India.
It is known for being extremely rich in vitamin C,[4] almost as much as camu camu, although M. emarginata also contains vitamins A, B1, B2, and B3, as well as carotenoids and bioflavonoids, which provide important nutritive value and have antioxidant uses.[5]