Legendary Colombian fruit prized for its tonic, cure-all, and aphrodisiac qualities.

(Rubiaceae)
Genus: Borojoa
Species: B. patinoi Cuatrecasas, new: Alibertia patinoi

Dioecious.

  Borojo is found in the rain forests of the Pacific coast of Colombia, Ecuador and Panama

You are bidding on (5) FIVE fresh seeds collected and grown in Hawaii.

      Endemically a wild plant native to the west and south basins of the Amazon river, in the zone shared by Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. Borojo is dioecious (separate male and female plants). Male Borojo plants have clusters of fragrant white flowers. Females have a single white flower at the tips of branches. Only the female plants produce fruits.
Borojo fruit is edible, 7 to 12 centimeters in diameter, and green. The pulp is brown, acid, and very dense (consisting mostly of fructose and glucose).

The Borojo fruit has around 90 to 600 seeds, and it is considered ripe when it falls to the ground.

Family: Rubiaceous

Note: Current classification places species Borojoa in the genus Alibertia. The correct name for this species is thus Alibertia patinoi.

 

Geographic Distribution:
Borojo is found in the rain forests of the Pacific coast of Colombia, Ecuador and Panama, where it grows in the shade of other trees.
(Mabberley, D.J. 1990. The Plant Book.)

Food Uses:
Borojo is a highly energetic and nutritious fruit. The ripe Borojo fruit has exceptional properties for the food and health market.
Borojo is used for consumption under the following forms: juice, jelly, sauce, as a mixer of alcoholic beverages, ice cream, capsules, nutraceuticals, and extracts.

Medicinal Uses:**
The Borojo fruit is famous in Colombia and Panama, because of its reputed aphrodisiac and health properties.
It is highly energetic, with a very high protein content. It has huge quantities of essential amino acids for the body, and its phosphorous content is surprising (60mg/100g of pulp). Borojo has one of the highest levels of Vitamin B (water soluble), compared to any other fruits. The ripe Borojo fruit has exceptional properties for the food and health market. It has demonstrated to be very good for bronchial afflictions, sugar equilibrium in the blood and hypertension.

** The information provided above is not intended to be used as a guide for treatment of medical conditions using plants.

 

 

 The growing conditions in Darien jungle, where the Borojo is growing in a wild environment, are a dense rain forest. Borojo patinoi is a tree between 10 to 20 ft in height. The fruit is large, between 7 to 12 cm in diameter, green in color, and brown when mature.

The Borojo tree is found wild and also cultivated commercially (an estimated 3000 ha under cultivation), and it is marketed locally in Western Colombia.

    Borojo fruit is harvested in rather primitive conditions. This fruit tree grows in very rich soil, on river banks in the jungle rainforest, it would be quite difficult to use other means but the horse back to harvest this rare fruit.

The fruit cannot be harvested green. At maturity the fruit turns brown, and falls on the ground. Only then the fruit can be harvested, and only then, the fruit has all the lengendary properties it is known for.
The Borojo tree needs a lot of shade, and usually grows in the shade of other trees. The female tree has a single flower, while the male tree has multiple flowers. Only the female tree will produce fruit.

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     All live plants are shipped bare-root wrapped in moist sphagnum moss to ensure the plant’s healthy transit to you. All live plants are Inspected By USDA Plant Inspectors before they are shipped to insure you get healthy pest free plants and seeds.

We ship via USPS Mondays-Wednesday with Delivery confirmation.

  All plant materials are required by LAW to inspected and certified by USDA prior to export Hawaii to the US Mainland.

 After Inspection, USDA stamps released for export Hawaii to the US Mainland. All items are delivered to USDA Inspection Station at Honolulu International airport.

USDA Certification charge is included in Shipping and Handling @ $5 fee per item/species.

There is a packing & custom boxing fee.

Last and usually least is USPS postage (shipping).

 

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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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Not every plant that I order through the mail survives, and I am aware of that and accept the risk when I order. This is the risk that you as the buyer accept, because there is no way to know what kind of conditions it will endure in the trip to your door. My responsibility ends when a live plant is delivered to your door. Live arrival is guaranteed, eternal survival is up to you.

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