Jaboticaba

Brazilian Grape Tree

 
Myrciaria cauliflora

Native to the Minas Gerais state of Brazil

      You are bidding on * small bare root seedlings with vigorous root systems 3-6 inches tall with * leaves born and grown in Hawaii.  

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         A common name for this plant is Brazilian Grape. These large round fruits resemble purple grapes but the dark maroon-purple, almost black skin is tougher and thicker. The average size is one inch in diameter but they can run from 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches depending on the species. The pulp is white with a slightly acidic flavor. The Jaboticaba fruits look like purple grapes and have a very sweet, slightly aromatic, translucent pulp with a pleasant grape flavor. The whole fruit is consumed fresh.

      The tree should be planted where it will receive full sun. Can achieve very large yields and does not take up much room in the yard. Its crown (uppermost) roots should be 2 to 3 inches higher than surrounding soil levels to provide for water run-off. Peat, compost or rotted manure may be mixed with the soil from the planting hole to improve it. It must be a well aerated mixture. Water should be applied as needed around the newly set tree to maintain good moisture conditions. Constant wet soil or flooding is undesirable.

       A lovely tree when all covered in the little white powder puff flowers. These are small to medium sized trees, reaching from 3 to 10 meters tall. The tree is round when young, losing this shape when become old. The leaves are small, with the characteristic myrtle aroma.

 
           The flowers show up directly on the branches, and the flowering is massive, taking over the plant with small white flowers. Most flowers will originate fruits. These fruits have a dark purple, almost black, fibrous and bitter peel (but not bad tasting, bitter like guava for example). The pulp is sweet, white and gelatinous, with only one seed. This seed is spherical and soft, and might be eaten along with the rest, it has no taste.

            The mature Jaboticaba tree produces an abundance of delicious fruit throughout most of the year. This fruit can be eaten fresh or be made into jellies, jams, or wine. Both fruit and juice are well preserved by freezing. The Jaboticaba is a very attractive plant with good landscape value. It is well worth planting more extensively. 

        Jaboticaba trees grow best on deep, rich and well-drained soil. If the trees are heavily irrigated in the dry season, they may bear several crops a year. The tree blooms several times per year and, with only 20 to 30 days from bloom to harvest, there may be 5 to 6 crops per year.

         The Jaboticaba grows and fruits best when grown in a rich, deep soil with a slightly acid pH. Although it is not well adapted to alkaline soils, it may be grown successfully by thinly mulching and applying necessary nutrients. The tree is not tolerant to salts, flooding, and drought. Jaboticaba trees have attractive foliage and nice peeling brown bark. It's moderately hardy-mature trees tolerating temperatures as low as 24-27 degrees.
 

         Small, bushy tree or large shrub with fine-textured evergreen foliage and multicolored bark. It grows very slowly in South Florida, seldom exceeding a height of 15 feet. However, the tree may grow to considerable size in the deep, fertile soil of its native habitat in Brazil, often exceeding 30 feet in height. Older trees have round dark purple fruit growing out of trunks and branches. A slow growing tree, it may take 8 or more years before it bears fruit. After flowering, the fruit develops quickly, sometimes in as few as 3 weeks. The fruit has a refreshing grape-like taste and can be used for making drinks, jellies, or wine.

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      We ship via USPS Mondays-Wednesday with Delivery confirmation.

            All live plants are Inspected By USDA Plant Inspectors before they are shipped to insure you get healthy pest free plants and seeds.

   All live plants are shipped bare-root wrapped in moist sphagnum moss to ensure the plant’s healthy transit to you.

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        We will ship once a week - ON or BEFORE WEDNESDAYS, because of the special stamps needed to ship plants and cuttings to you.  This can only be done at the Dept. of Agriculture.  If payments are not met before that MONDAY, your items will be shipped the following week and lose the combined discount opportunity.

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INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING is not included in this offer.  

        We will combine shipping for auctions won on the same week paid with same paypal payment.

   This policy is good for all items bought and paid for in the week ending MONDAY.

Payment must be received within 7 days of the auction ending.

Combined Discounts Won Auctions

     For 2-3 winning auctions, the combined discount is 10% of the total Shipping and Handling charges. For 4-7 winning auctions, the combined discount is 20% of the total Shipping and Handling charges. For 7+ winning auctions, the combined discount is 30% of the total Shipping and Handling charges.

         As each order is packed and prepared separately you will pay the quoted S/H charges individually per item. If you buy the same species in that item it does calculate out the discount (i.e.: additional item $3.61). My stores' combined shipping is built in for same items rather than a varied selection. Includes postage, USDA certification and inspection, proper packing and delivery to Airport for prompt delivery. I can’t really change any of these. If you want one of this and one of that, it gets hard to discount much as each different species requires it's own prep & packing, then at USDA each has to be unwrapped and inspected then repacked. USDA requires me to clean and prepare every last piece before we drive them to the Inspection Station on the other side of the island. It takes my wife and I, a day to pack items and get ready to ship. The whole next day we drive around the island and get inspected (2-3 hours), then drive to the Airport Post Office to drop off. It takes the same work with the same type item if you can understand.

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