Jaboticaba Tree

About the Jaboticaba Tree

Jaboticaba is one of the most striking fruit trees in the world: its glossy, grape-like black fruit grow directly on the trunk and main branches, covering the bark when the tree is in season. Each fruit has a thick, slightly tart skin around sweet, white, jelly-like flesh that tastes like a rich muscadine grape. They are eaten fresh, or made into jams, juices and liqueurs. The tree is slow-growing, bushy and ornamental, with peeling bark and small leaves, and is a classic for large pots. Grown on our farms in Yucatán and Chiapas and shipped via DHL.

How to Care for It

Give full sun or light shade and slightly acidic, rich, well-drained soil. Jaboticaba is thirsty: keep it consistently moist and never let it dry out, especially when flowering and fruiting. Feed lightly every two months with a balanced fertiliser. Mature plants tolerate brief light frost, but protect young trees. Pruning is rarely needed beyond removing weak inner twigs; avoid cutting the fruiting wood on the trunk.

Grow fruit most people have never tasted. Our exotic fruit trees, from Monthong durian and Emperor lychee to jaboticaba, achachairú and red finger lime, are raised on our farms in Yucatán and Chiapas and shipped by DHL across Mexico. Most love heat and humidity; several do beautifully in large pots.

Growing Profile

Botanical name

Plinia cauliflora

Family

Myrtaceae

Native to

South-eastern Brazil

Mature height

3–6 m

Plant spacing

4 m

Years to first fruit

4–8 years

Light

Full sun

Water

High, keep moist

Cold tolerance

down to -2 °C

Best climates

Humid tropics, Subtropical, Mild highlands

Grows in a pot

Yes

Ships from

Our farms in Yucatán & Chiapas