Guabiroba-rugosa
Campomanesia laurifolia

Family: Myrtaceae

What it is like

A tree. It grows 4-16 m high. The crown is elongated and the young branches are reddish. The trunk is grooved and 15-25 cm across. The bark is smooth with brown spots and flakes off in thin pieces. The leaves are narrowly oval and 5-22 cm long by 2-9 cm wide. The flowers can occur singly or in groups or 2-3 in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a berry. It is 2.5 cm across. It is yellow and contains 10-20 small seeds.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the mountains in humid forest near the Atlantic in Brazil.

Countries/locations it is found in

Brazil (country/location of origin), South America

How it is used for food

The ripe fruit are eaten.

The fruit are quite popular.

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Plants are grown from seeds. The seeds are collected from ripe fruit and put into a plastic bag to partly decompose then washed in running water. The seeds need to be planted fresh and are best in light shade. Seedlings emerge in 20-40 days.

Plants grow at a moderate rate.

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Acrandra laurifolia (Gardner) O. Berg.; Acrandra sellowiana O. Berg.; Campomanesia sellowiana (O. Berg) Mattos;