~Pitangatuba~ Eugenia selloi aka Eugenia neonitida Native to Brazil family: Myrtaceae An attractive orange-yellow skinned fruit with a star fruit shape, growing to 1-2". The fruits are quite aromatic and have a sweet but tart flavor.  The Eugenia neonitida is an endemic Myrtaceae (with restricted area of ​​distribution) of Rio de Janeiro sandbanks, until recently almost unknown to the fruit growers. Pitangola (another nickname)
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	Eugenia neonitida: pitangatuba, native of Rio sandbanks. It looks like a giant yellow cherry. The taste, however, is nothing bitter, and resembles that of uvaia of the acidic bittersweet. Great potential for pulp production, is much richer in vitamins and minerals that cherry-common. Eugenia neonitida is an endemic Myrtaceae (with restricted area of distribution) of Rio de Janeiro sandbanks, until recently almost unknown to the fruit growers. In its natural habitat, is a compact shrub, from less than 1 m high. In growing conditions, reaches just under 2 m. Its trunk has a rough outer shell, it gives off in plates. The leaves have leather texture (leathery), are elliptical, pointed at the apex. Are dark green on the upper surface and lighter on the bottom. The ribs are well printed on top. Fruit oblong 7 cm, side like a giant cherry, thick pulp, acidic and very juicy, perfumadíssima. Bittersweet flavor and pleasant, making it sweeter when grown in full sun. Uses: Consumed natural, juices and ice cream. Also used in the production of jams and jellies. The plant is a small tree 1-2 m tall, dark-green leaves, thick and shiny. Grown in full sun beds, produces a beautiful landscaped effect. Stands up well to planting to the sea. It can be kept in pots, and where fruits. Cultivation: Enjoy any type of soil, if well drained. Responds well to a balanced fertilization. Starts production between two and three years.
In its natural habitat, is a compact shrub, from less than 1 m high. In growing conditions, reaches just under 2 m. Its trunk has a rough outer shell, it gives off in plates. The leaves have leather texture (leathery), are elliptical, pointed at the apex. Are dark green on the upper surface and lighter on the bottom. The ribs are well printed on top. In the months from October to March, the plant blooms abundantly fruiting between September and February in Brazil. The fruits are to draw the attention of anyone, because come to measure 7 cm x 5 cm, yellow-orange when ripe, at which give off a fantastic aroma, higher than the best uvaias (Eugenia pyriformis). The percentage of pulp is immense because the fruits have a single seed, relatively small. This seed easily detaches from the rest of the fruit. The pitangatuba is very juicy, seeming to "melt" when put into the mouth, causing a pleasant feeling. Its taste is sweet and sour, which can become as sweeter wherein the fertilized with potassium (as KCI, for example) and cultivated under full sunlight. It is worth repeating that the taste of Pitangão in no way resembles that of the cherry-common. While the latter always has some resinous flavor (that "amarguinho" characteristic), E. neonitida shows no sign of bitterness, invariably leaving a pleasant taste in the mouth. She's a great adaptability of plant, doing well in hot or cold climates, in any type of soil, and benefiting greatly from a good fertilization. Can be planted in orchards or even in pots and planters. Fruits prematurely from one and a half or two years.
	The first scientist to collect Pitangão (a popular synonym) was the Frenchman Auguste de Saint-Hilaire, in Cabo Frio, in the then Province of Rio de Janeiro. He ran extensive roadmap in our country between the years 1816 and 1822. His witty adventures were narrated in the form of travel writing, and published in Portuguese by Editora Itatiaia, in Belo Horizonte (MG). The material collected by Saint-Hilaire was studied by his friend Jacques Cambessèdes, who toasted the new species with the epithet Eugenia nitida, in 1832. However, it observed that this name existed, it had been used by Friar José Mariano da Conceição Velloso (in 1825) to designate another plant. The German botanist Otto Karl Berg, realizing the double name, renamed it the Phyllocalyx edulis in 1857. Everything solved? None of that. Years later, new studies have shown that Phyllocalyx genre was synonymous with Eugenia, transforming the nomenclature Eugenia edulis. Which in turn, already existed, created by the same Frei Velloso a few paragraphs above for more a different species. How much confusion! It was only in 1995 that fell to Prof. Marcos Sobral, great scholar of the Myrtaceae family, create a name (finally!) Could welcome the elected post today: Eugenia neonitida (the word neo Latin means "new").
Super is a word derived from the Latin formidabilis (fearful), which in Portuguese means "above the ordinary by the intensity" enormous, colossal. In Brazil in the 1950s, the adjective began to be used to designate all that was admirable, excellent or magnificent. Who lived or have relatives who lived at that time, certainly knows the term. Because in the XXI century, had to resort to this word to describe pitangatuba, one of the Myrtaceae I like best. Initially, I will address the question of its scientific name, because in different publications she is approached under incorrect names (for example, Eugenia edulis [Silva, S. & H. Tassara. 2005. Fruits fruits Brazil. São Paulo, Company of Arts. 324 pp.]). Remarks: Recent studies (eg, Vilar, J. et al, 2006. Potential nutritional fruit Pitangão (Eugenia neonitida Sobral) aThe Rev. Bras, 28 (3):...... 536-538) showed that their nutritional values ​​are much higher than those of the common cherry (Eugenia uniflora), making it highly recommended for commercial cultivation (pulp extraction).
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