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Plinia spirito-santensis is a semideciduous shrub or small tree from coastal forests in eastern Brazil, grown for its edible deep purple jaboticaba-type berries. It is grown mainly as a warm-climate fruit or ornamental plant rather than a houseplant.
Plinia spirito-santensis, commonly known as jabuticaba peluda de cruz (hairy cross jaboticaba) or Grimal in the United States, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to broad-leafed coastal forests, at altitude, in eastern Brazil. The plant is a semideciduous shrub or small tree which can grow to between 3 and 6 metres (9.8 and 20 ft) tall. It produces edible deep reddish-purple berries, up to 30 mm (1.2 in) in diameter. At the apex of the fruit there is a small cross, from which the name derives.
In the US, this species is commonly named after Adolf Grimal, who collected this variety in South America and introduced it to Florida.
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