Theobroma grandiflorum: Cupuacu
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Description: Description and several photographs of this tree, its flowers and fruit, and information on its worldwide ethnobotanical uses.
Tropical Plant Database File for: Cupuacu - Theobroma grandiflorum - Cupuasu Vitamins, minerals, fats, fatty acids Cupuacu is a small to medium tree in the Rainforest canopy which belongs to the Chocolate family and can reach up to 20 meters in height. Cupuacu fruit has been a primary food source in the Rainforest for both indigenous tribes and animals alike. The Cupuacu fruit is about the size of a cantaloupe and is highly prized for its creamy exotic tasting pulp. The pulp occupies approximately one-third of the fruit and is used throughout Brazil and Peru to make fresh juice, ice cream, jam and tarts. The fruit ripens in the rainy months from January to April and is considered a culinary delicacy in South American cities where demand outstrips supply. Like chocolate, the fruit has a large center seed pod filled with "beans", which the Tikuna tribe utilize for abdominal pains.
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