Kendall Farms | Jaboticaba

Myrciara Cauliflora

The jaboticaba's habit of producing the fruit directly on the trunk makes this a striking tree. The black fruit has an edible thin, but tough skin. The texture is similar to a grape with a sweet and aromatic flavour.

Cropping can begin at 5 years with several crops maturing from spring to autumn. A versatile small tree with decorative coppery foliage that makes for an ornamental specimen tree or superb hedge. These are a very unique tree with many possibilities and is the fruit is often now seen in Far North Queensland markets.

Can be grown in a pot and makes a superb ornamental which becomes are a real talking point when fruiting. Grows to only 3m -4m, (in a pot only 2.5m) evergreen, self pollinating and harvests October to February