Psidium firmum
O. Berg.
Araca-do-cerrado, Araca
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Description
A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 2 m tall. The leaves are simple and leathery. The leaf stalks are short. The leaves are 6-8 cm long. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. The fruit are oval, green berries 3-4 cm across. They contain many seeds. The pulp has a sweet acid flavour.
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw. A fleshy, succulent pulp with a pleasant, acidic-sweet flavour. The pulp contains many hard seeds. The fruit is up to 4cm long and 3cm wide.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten fresh.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows naturally in savannas and barren lands in central Brazil.
Where It Grows
Brazil, South America,
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed.
References (3)
- Ferns, Useful Tropical plants
- Lorenzi, H., Bacher, L., Lacerda, M. & Sartori, S., 2006, Brazilian Fruits & Cultivated Exotics. Sao Paulo, Instituto Plantarum de Estuados da Flora Ltda. p 239
- Peres, M. K., 2011, Diasporos do Cerrado Atrativos para Fauna: Chave Interativa Caracterizacao Visual e Relacoes Ecologicas. Masters thesis. Universidade de Brasilia.
