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Plinia oblongata, called jaboticaba azeda, is a small tree or shrub from south-eastern Brazil that bears dark-purple, sour but edible fruit. It is grown for its fruit and does best in warm, frost-free conditions with regular water.
Plinia oblongata, commonly known as jaboticaba azeda (sour jabuticaba), is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to south-eastern Brazil. The tree grows to between 4 and 6 metres (13 and 20 ft) tall, and produces dark-purple, acidic but edible fruit, which is between 25 and 30 mm (0.98 and 1.18 in) in diameter.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plinia oblongata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
