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I live in south of Brazil and here we have that specie of grumixama in the wild. They can reach over 10 meters high, but in the shadow of forest they don't bear a lot of fruits.

@valterzc8187

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@@pepepepito623 ??

I live in Brazil and my neighbour has this fruit. It is really delicious! I ate it for the first time last month.

@WeirdExplorer

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Wow nice

It is also sometimes called Eugenia blastantha. It lives near the coastal region of Brazil, so maybe that's why it grows so well in Portugal. It must be relatively rare, because that's about the only information I could find about it.

@anne-droid7739

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At least we now know what it tastes like! 😀

Loving this series on eugenias with Miguel. As someone who's trying to collect as many Eugenia fruits as possible this is super cool.

@Doom2pro

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It's funny because also at the same time CPBBD is doing a series in Australia of Myrtaceae species.

@lejardinierjardine8518

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Nice, would you mind sharing about the Eugenia species you already have ? 🍒🍐

@lejardinierjardine8518

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@@Doom2pro Yeah, all of those Euc's. Unfortunately, I don't think there is a lot of Eugenia species in that part of Gondwana but rather more Syzygium (the 2 genuses/genera are closely related). Still, Eugenia reinwardtiana looks cool for example !

@tinyjungle_

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@lejardinierjardine8518 Sorry I didn't notice your question two months ago. I'm still a rookie collector but always on the lookout. Eugenia reinwardtiana, eugenia uniflora (several varieties. Some unnamed with generic names like flatleaf and southern variety), Eugenia neonitida, Eugenia luschnathiana, Eugenia involucrata, Eugenia brasiliensis (regular and dwarf). I think that's it. My favorite so far are the Surinam cherries so i'm trying to collect as many varieties as possible. The best tasting one I have is an orange variety. And the southern veriety which hasn't fruited yet has a flower three times the size of the other varieties. I plant all my seeds so I'm hoping for some cool crosses.

@lejardinierjardine8518

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@@tinyjungle_ Hi, wow that's so cool ! Thanks for sharing ! It is funny how Eugenia fruits can go from looking like cherries and mini starfruits to looking like pears and quinces. I think those fruits (at least Eugenia uniflora) have only recently been selectively grown to get disctinct and predictable varieties. So there can be quite a lot of genetic diversity still in seeds that you might get online or from elsewhere. Last year I have sown some Surinam cherries seeds and have now 6 plants. I don't think those seeds came from a particular variety so I am very eager to try the fruits in the future and I hope some of them are quite good ! I am also excited for your variety that has a 3 times bigger flower than the the others ; might get a 3 time bigger fruit ? 😉 To end my comment that is getting long, I think that taking the opportunity of having a collection to create hybrids is so great ! Making new fruits directly from fruits you know you already love sounds amazing ! I don't know if you are actively doing so by hand pollinating but maybe you should so you can tract the origins of the best hybrids and maybe start some sort of business at some point ! But if you don't, you might still be able to clone your favortie ones by grafting. At least I know I would be an interested potential customer ! 😉

I made a couple gallons of wine out of these last year. Turned out amazing.

@WeirdExplorer

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Great idea!

Always love seeing you with fellow fruit experts, they really are a wealth of knowledge!

It's awesome how you get in contact with so many experts :D.

I wonder why it's so rare if it's both resilient and tasty? Thanks for shining the spotlight on it. I would be amazed and delighted if I saw Eugenia longipedunculada at any of my local farmer's markets, here in Chicago. One way or another, I hope to try it.

@ambulocetusnatans

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Hello, neighbor. This tree is also sometimes called Eugenia blastantha. I think the other name is the old one.

@anne-droid7739

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@@ambulocetusnatans Well hello, Ambulocetus. Nice to see you here!

@ambulocetusnatans

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@@anne-droid7739 Hello my friend! Good to see you!

@sabosage

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@@ambulocetusnatans Oh, really? Thanks! Just looked it up. Eugenia blastantha is much easier to remember. Have you had it before?

@ambulocetusnatans

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@@sabosage No never had it. It's just that I find things quicker since I switched from Google to Duckduckgo

Every video with a muscovy duck is my favorite!

Lovely to see Miguel and the ducks again!

It's always lovely when you bring on fellow fruit nerds. Miguel is v knowledgeable and I like getting to know both the common name and scientific name for plants, and how they're grown and used (or could be used).

Personally i would find it really interesting to hear generally what eats each fruit in the wild if you have any info on that, birds, monkeys, bugs etc. Excellent video as always!

As a total plant nerd, love you channel

@WeirdExplorer

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Thank you!

Wow, nice. I’d even consider buying seeds to grow these if there are any available. Depends on how big the plants get. Thanks for the video!

@WeirdExplorer

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You are most welcome

@majorpecan2526

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It's pretty uncommon, but seeds are available from a few collectors/rare fruit places, i just ordered a few last month myself. Currently Trade Winds Fruit has in stock, as well as Bellamy Trees (listed as Eugenia Blastantha). Anderson Tropicals is another collector I'd recommend who sells some really awesome rare Eugenias.

@Ruktiet

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@@majorpecan2526 thanks. I hope they ship to Europe.

@majorpecan2526

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@@Ruktiet Oh yeah. I'm not as familiar with European rare plant sellers, I found one in Europe that had some interesting stuff the other day, called Exoteninsel.

@Ruktiet

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@@majorpecan2526 haha yeah I’m in their facebook group already, but thanks for sharing because they’re great.

I really like the experts with the fruit collections that you have on! Super interesting.

eugenia is probably my favorite fruit genus of all time. Ate surinam cherries that grow in my yard as a kid and I love it man....I just love it man

looks yummy, i like dark sweet berry kind of fruits

@mrminer071166

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Try a Surinam cherry 'Zill Dark.'

Just got home from a 12 hour shift to find you've put out a new video. This fruit looks delicious and maybe someday I'll try it. As always, love the content and I look forward to more.

Can you do a video on Guarana? I think theyre mostly found in brazil. They make a soda out of it that's delicious

Oh man, how was being in Lisbon? That's a place I've always wanted to visit but haven't had the chance yet. Thanks for sharing another amazing fruit experience with us! I hope you are well and having a great day!!

I really like this one. Thanks Miguel!

I envy what you do. Guess I’m living vicariously thru you. Love fruits.

I need this now. Love Grumichama and they have done well here in Central Florida.

The first time i seen it thought its related to Myrtus communis ! I think you could try it next time it's possible to find there !

Sounds like some great fruit! I just gotta wait a couple years till my seedlings bear fruit to try it myself, they're just leafing out now.

Have you done salmonberries? They’re from the Pacific Northwest, and we used to forage them in the wild.

That's really nice that you found these at portugal! Grumichama is a fruit native from Brazil's savannah (we call it cerrado around here), and this biome has a WHOLE FREAKING CATALOG OF FRUITS that only exists here and those are exotic even for us brazilians. I made this appeal once again, PLS COME TO BRAZIL!!

This one reminds me of a local berry the Salal berry and huckleberry that grows on Hartstine island here in Washington State the only difference is no little nodule on the bottom this is a super rare treasure indeed thank you m8's for sharing this is a super great to know.

Here in Brazil we also have GUABIJU (Myrcianthes pungens), a fruit very similar to Grumixama and equally delicious.

You should try Syzygium suborbiculare

I'm surprised you live in a big city. With all the fruits and seeds you run across, I would be thinking a large green house and some acreage would be teaming with fruit trees and bushes

@MumrikDK

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He travels a lot so I imagine it would be problematic to care for on his own.

If you don't already, you should start saving the seeds of the rare fruits & the fruits you love, so you may sprout them & plant them someday, even if they need to be grown indoors or a greenhouse. You could even sell seeds. Just an idea. Great channel, thanks for sharing! 😊

These sound awesome! It’s a shame they aren’t readily available.

Ask Miguel about Casca de Carvalho melon

Very cool

Wow, I’ve gotta go to Portugal.

@erikjohnson9223

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Or Brazil. It was originally from Brazil. Portugal is relatively mild (for Europe), and they speak (dialects of) the same language, so it is probably easier for hobbyists in Portugal to collect fruiting plants from (southern) Brazil than it would be elsewhere (plants from the tropical area would probably need a greenhouse even in maritime/Mediterranean Portugal) but such plants probably aren't grown commercially because markets need customers and those tend to buy what they know. If you are good at finding and befriending fruit nerd hobbyists, Portugal may work (& would also have many European type fruits that might survive better in your own climate) but otherwise, Brazil is the point of origin, where such things might be foraged or grown (local people being more familiar with local plants).

@censusgary

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@@erikjohnson9223 I’d love to go to Brazil, too. I didn’t mean to exclude any other place when I said I want to go to Portugal.

When did you record this video? I ask you this because i would like to know if this fruit ripens in the winter of the mediterranean climate!

Growing one of these right now! It’s about 10 inches lol

It's used here in Australia as a garden and landscaping plant, not all that uncommon to find one in someone's back garden.

Come to Brazil and visit Helton Josué collection of tropical fruits !

@WeirdExplorer

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I'd like to!

The ducks are backkkk

sounds yummy.

If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a rare Eugenia🤣

Looks like a cherry

My Suriname cherries are super sweet. But they only got so after the third or fourth season.

Ah, now I am hungry for Muscovy duck in grumichama sauce (regular type or even sour cherry would be fine--I just want to eat duck).

Another lovely Eugenia, that's my co-workers name.

Do you ever keep the seeds of these rare plants?

you should find dwarf grumichama aka eugenia itaguahiensis

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I love the way the Latin fruit names just roll off Miguel's tongue!

wow cool I have becomje obsessed with eugenias lately lol

Didyou keep seeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????

Had you already a chance to try Platonia insignis? A.k.a. Bacuri

I need those seeds

@majorpecan2526

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Check out Trade Winds Fruit or Bellamy Trees, Bellamy is where i got mine from last month, they have great quality seeds and regularly stock new species and varieties. Anderson Tropicals is great too.

I find most Eugenias to have a terrible aftertaste but a lot of people in California and Florida like to collect and grow them 🤷‍♂️

Where we can buy seeds?

@majorpecan2526

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Trade Winds Fruit and Bellamy Trees are two online rare fruit seed stores carrying it currently.

why isnt this fruit more popular?

Great video. Thanks. I wish I could try one right now!!! (In the middle of New Mexico, rn. Maybe I'll just go chew on a Hatch chili pepper instead. Sigh. Jk )😂 Edit: Just ignore me.

@Catlily5

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I am in New Mexico too and was trying to remember my growing zone.

This fruit isn't easy to find. Only in trees. I never saw grumixama in markets in São Paulo, Brazil.

Yep curry leaf

Am I whose name can call Azaroster?

I think many brazilians don't know this fruit.

Seems like a tasty fruit. Too bad it's harder to find and try less commercially viable fruits.

A delicious rare fruit that's easy to grow? Sounds like a market opportunity.

@WeirdExplorer

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I think so!

@StuffandThings_

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It always surprises me how many fruits like that are out there. So, so many open opportunities that nobody bothers with for whatever reason...

Miguel is the ebst

you've been eating suriname cherries in the wrong place. there is a part of florianópolis in brazil where those fruit thrive and are way up in the sweetness chart. if you have a chance to visit sambaqui (florianópolis, SC, brazil) in late spring or summer (november-march), you will find the juiciest and most delicious suriname cherries.

4:44 farmer's market? 😂 he sells Eugenia luschnathiana (Pitomba-da-Bahia) for 15 €uros per seed, or Eugenia pyriformis cv Sweet Uvaia for10 €uros per seed etc. etc.... I bet he doesn't need any farmers market to sell fruits if he can actually eat them him self and sell the seeds from 3 to 20 euro each....

have you tried Eugenia cooney ?

Super rare... I found one of these in my neighborhood!

@xelerator2398

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Yeah same , its taste not good too

@TuppyMSM

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@@xelerator2398 Yucky

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Mmm, hemorrhoid cherries

🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍒🍖🍓🍋🥭🍏🍎 Great video

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Some time ago you stole fruit from a tiny bird (you monster!). Now big birds want to steal your fruit. Karma 😂😂.