CAMPOMANESIA EUGENIOIDES, CAMPOMANESIA GUAZUMAEFOLIA, CAMPOMANESIA GUAVIROBA AND CAMPOMANESIA XANTHOCARPA
POPULAR NAME: Guabiroba de cachorro or guabiroba da sombra (C. eugenioides), Guabiroba laranja or guaviroba (C. guaviroba), Sete Capotes or Guabiroba verde do Mato (C. guazumaefolia) and Guabiroba de arvore or Guabiroba do Mato (C. xanthocarpa)
MYRTACEAE
Guabiroba do Mato (C. xanthocarpa) |
Guabiroba de cachorro (C. eugenioides) |
Guaviroba laranja (C. guaviroba) |
Sete capotes or Guabiroba verde do mato (C. guazmifolia) |
INDIGENOUS NAME: Guabiroba comes from the Tupi Guarani and means "fruit of the bitter bark" and striking feature for anyone who chew the bark of fruit.
Origin: The 4 species of Guabirobas above, occur in the semideciduous forest (which loses leaves in winter) across the basin of the Paraná River and the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Characteristics:
These are
medium-sized trees, reaching
Planted in Planted in the site of Frutas Raras: Guabiroba do Mato was planted in September 1998, Sete capotes in November 1999, Guaviroba laranja in January 2004 and Guabiroba do Mato in January 2005.
Tips for cultivation: A fast-growing tree that is resistant to frost to 0°C (32°), thrives well in every altitude. The soil may be deep, moist, neutral, with sandy or clay formation (red soil) and even stony, but must have good natural fertility. The tree begins to fruit from the age of 3 years in the case of Guabiroba de cachorro and the Sete Capotes and from the age of 5 years in the case of Guabiroba laranja and the Guabiroba do Mato.
Propagation: The
seeds are cream-colored, rounded, like a horseshoe and difficulty (germinative
power loses in 4 days) to germinate
Planting:
Space of 5 x 5
m(17 x 17 feet) for the
Guabiroba de Cachorro
and the Sete Capotes
and 7 x 7 m (23 x 23 feet) for
Guabiroba laranja and
Guabiroba do Mato.
Add 500 g of lime and
1 kg of ash and
Cultivating: Make only form pruning of the crown and remove branches that were grown from the base of the trunk. Fertilize with organic compost, may be (6 liters) poultry litter + 50 g of NPK 10-10-10 doubling that amount every year until the 4th year.
Uses: The fruit is consumed in-kind, used to make jellies, sorbets and delicious liqueurs. The trees should not miss in reforestation for permanent preservation, as its fruit feeds species of birds and other animals and the wood is of good quality for domestic works.
Flowering in the site of Frutas Raras: September to October for Guabirobas and January to February for the Sete Capotes.
Fruting in the site of Frutas Raras: November to December for the Guabiroba de Cachorro and Guabiroba laranja and January to March for the Guabiroba do Mato.
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