Plinia oblongata (Sour Jaboticaba, Jaboticaba Azeda) Seeds

Plinia oblongata, or Jabuticaba Azeda (Sour Jaboticaba), is native to southeast Brazil and was introduced to the USA around 2016 and began to be offered to collectors shortly there after. It is also thought to be the same cultivar as "Ponhema", on old cultivar rom Brazil, and "Momotaro" coming out of Taiwan and Hong Kong in the rlate 2010's. The cultivar is known for producing almost perfectly globose black fruits up to 4cm diameter with remarkably smooth skin that often have a small nipple at the connection with the peduncle. Our farm harvested our first crop in June 2021 of around 50 fruit and the largest fruit was well under 3cm. This data point tells us little and it is easily possible that the fruit will get larger with subsequent crops. The fruit is indeed slightly sour (but definitely not tart) even when left on the tree for 5 days after they changed color resulting in BRIX levels in the 11-13 range. While this probably the lowest BRIX level of any jaboticaba we have measured, I