- Fruits of the Amazon

Murici

It is common in regions of humid soils near rivers and lakes. There murici other species, including shrubs, and characteristic of them all is the small, edible fruit, the acid taste.
Fruit native to northeastern Brazil, is found in mountainous regions and near the coast. Already known since 1570 by the Indians as mureci. Today known as murici, murixi, muruci and fruit guan. The yellow color when ripe, is striking. Despite the small size has intense flavor and aroma and distinctive, not compared to other fruit. It can be used in making fruit juices, jams, liqueurs, jams and ice cream.


Açai

The fruit of the acai palm has a highly ornamental, multiple trunks up to 25 m tall, slightly curved and presenting visible roots at the base, smooth stem. Its fruits are born in the clusters in number 3-8 per plant. Its frequency in the lower Amazon reaches such that it produces homogeneous populations.


Its regeneration is unusually large even being killed by voraciously palm industry. It blooms almost all year round, but predominantly from September to January. The maturation of the fruit there is for most of the year, with greater intensity in the months July to December.


The fruits are highly prized by Amazonian population for the manufacture of wine of acai, which is a popular food supplement. The palm is also much appreciated, but mainly used by the canning industry.


Drink extracted from the small fruit of the assai palm, palm sized slim which reaches 30 feet tall and produces clusters with dozens of seeds (fruits) beady. Color purple, the drink is well extracted, put up the lumps of acai soak in water to soften the thin outer shell that covers it. Then the seeds are mixed with water at a clay bowl machine itself, is then skimming the mixture in particular sieves to obtain a purple liquid, viscous unique and characteristic flavor.


Becomes frozen with sugar, tapioca flour or flour waterline. There are those who enjoy without sugar. It is nourishing and refreshing. It is also delicious in making ice cream, liquor, mousses, etc..


Tucumã

Tucumanzeiro fruit of palm, which reaches a height of 10m. This palm produces bunches with numerous fruit ovoid, greenish-yellow skin and fibrous pulp, yellow, characteristic, which covers the core. Many other typical fruits of Para enrich this relationship, although not as sharp intake as previously mentioned: uxi, Umari and pari-bacuri.


So many others have an impact in Brazil or in only some regions, not being exclusive Para: sleeves, buriti genipap inga, cherimoya, apricot, plum-the-wilderness, guava, jackfruit, tamarind, sapodilla, carambola, mari mari- , pineapple, Tootles, etc.


Acerola

Acerola is a fruit native to Central America, South America and the Caribbean islands, also known as cherry Antilles. It is well known because of its high content of ascorbic acid, or vitamin, with only two fruits daily needs of vitamin C are remedied. Importantly, the more green fruit is more vitamin C and still have, depending on the time of harvest that can undergo change in the amount of vitamin C. Besides this, the acerola also contains vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, calcium, phosphorus and iron.


Acerola suffers variation in terms of their color, their size and their shape, by having several species. It is extremely fragile, remains in the foot by only two days after reaching maturity. As regards the taste, the fruits may be sweet, sour and super-acid of which its use is greater in the juice production, which does not constrain the other purposes.


The fruit is widely used by people with influenza, lung disorders, liver disease, cavities and gum disease. Rise of a tree called acerola that develops in regions of tropical and subtropical climate. Their proliferation can occur through the planting of the seed by grafting techniques and / or cutting. The medium acerola has about three meters tall with shrub features. Under constant irrigation, the tree produces fruit all year round and not watered land so often bears fruit up to four times a year. In this case, the Barbados cherry blossoms and fruits especially during the spring and summer.