• Bacupari Fruit Plants (Garcinia Brasiliensis )
  • Bacupari Fruit Plants (Garcinia Brasiliensis )
  • Bacupari Fruit Plants (Garcinia Brasiliensis )
  • Bacupari Fruit Plants (Garcinia Brasiliensis )
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Bacupari Fruit Plants (Garcinia Brasiliensis )

350.00
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Plant Type

Common Names:, Achachairu, Bacuri, Achacha, Bacupari

Botanical Name: Garcinia Brasiliensis

General Information: Native to Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay, and Bolivia.Tropical fruit tree with an erect trunk. Densely crowned with big green leaves, providing ample shade. Large trunk with rough-textured bark.

Small flowers. Fruits have sweet yellow-orange skin. Flavor described as a delightful blend of feijoa and citrus, sweet and refreshing.

Culinary and Medicinal Uses:

Copious amounts of yellow fruit with edible arils. Arils have a sweet and pleasantly acidic taste. Said to have good anti-cancer properties.

Cultivation Details:

Bloom Time/Fruiting: 3-4 years.

Maintenance Required: Moderate.

Planting and Care

The tree grows in the shade of the rainforest, it produces more fruit when growing in a sunny position. Trees can withstand periodic inundation and newly planted young trees are slow to establish and grow.

Special Feature

This plant also helps fight cancer of the prostate, breast, and tumors in general.

Uses/Benefits

Fruit eaten out of hand or made into jam. The fruits are consumed in nature, and with them, they are made sweet and juicy, but their leaves have medicinal properties. The wood is soft, moderately heavy, moderately durable under natural conditions. It is used for the manufacture of tool handles, fence posts, general construction.