Did you know that Plinia cauliflora tree is a cauliflorous in which flowers and fruits grow directly from the trunks and large branches?

Jaboticaba - Plinia cauliflora

Plinia cauliflora, synonymous with Myrciaria cauliflora and Eugenia cauliflora, commonly called jaboticaba (also known as Brazilian grape tree), is a tropical to subtropical evergreen tree or large shrub of the family Myrtaceae, that bears edible, thick-skinned, grape-like purple fruits with a sweet, juicy, gelatinous, white pulp. It is native to the Minas Gerais region of Brazil.

The tree is a slow-growing evergreen, with a dense crown, that can that can grow from 3 - 10 metres tall ( 15 meters  if not pruned). It is a cauliflorous (flowers and fruits grow directly from the trunks and large branches). It has one or more trunks and the branches emerge close to the ground and spread to give a dense, wide, round and symmetrical crown.

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