Araza ( lat.Eugēnia stipitāta , isp. Arazá ) - fruit tree ; a species of the genus Eugenia of the Myrtle family.
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Eugenia stipitata mcvaugh |
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Araza is a tree up to 2.5 m high with simple oval leaves 6-18 cm long and 3.5-9.5 cm wide.
White flowers are collected in thick brushes in the axils of the leaves.
The fruit is a spherical berry , with a diameter of up to 12 cm and a mass of up to 750 g, with a thin shiny yellow skin. Inside the fruit contains a yellow flesh with several large oblong seeds.
Araza grows wild in the forests of the Amazonian part of Brazil , eastern Peru and eastern Ecuador . In the XX century, it began to be introduced into the culture in these countries.
Araza fruit is used to make juices , soft drinks, ice cream and canned fruit. It is rarely consumed fresh due to its very sour taste.
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- Novak, B., Schulz, B. Tropical fruits. Biology, application, cultivation and harvesting / Per. with him. - M .: BMM, 2002 .-- S. 160—161. - 240 p. - ISBN 5-88353-133-4 .