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~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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You are bidding on * live
small starter plant seedlings with vigorous root systems * inches tall with * leaves born and growing in a
small container for ease of transplant.
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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.
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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. |
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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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Germination is affected by such factors as temperature,
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planting media. These factors are totally out of the
seller's control and are the buyer's responsibility and
risk. Consequentially, the seller cannot unconditionally
guarantee seed to perform properly regardless of conditions
or the buyer's methods or mistakes.
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