Jaboticaba "Sabará-de-Cabinho"

[Miguel.pt]

Hello Folks

I have one jaboticaba on my colection thant I've always called "Sabará" based only on the aspect of the leaves that I found to be similar to other Sabarás I know from friends.
But since my tree started fruiting it revealed that the fruits on my tree all have one long stalk attached to the fruits (stalk translates to "cabinho" in Portuguese).
Recently some Brasilian experts that saw photos of my fruits said that there is indeed one special variety of Jaboticaba that naturally occurs in regions where growing areas of Jaboticaba Sabará (Plinia jaboticaba) and Jaboticaba-de-Cabinho (Plinia truncifolia) overlap, and that this special variety received the name "Sabará-de-Cabinho"... and somehow I ended up having one on my colection that is fruiting now... see the photos please.

[Vernmented]

Nice! How long did it take to fruit?

[Miguel.pt]

Nice! How long did it take to fruit?

I got it as a seedling back in 2007...  I supose it should had more or less 2 years old when I received it... it gave me the first fruit in 2013... so I supose it started fruiting at 8 or 9 years old I guess... that seems a normal fruiting age for Jaboticaba Sabará, but is very quick when compared to Plinia truncifolia that usualy takes much longer to fruit

[ScottR]

Wow, nice fruit and interesting the way there attached to trunk great find for you Miguel

[huertasurbanas]

Beautiful fruits and photos, how do they taste? identical to sabará?

[Vernmented]

We have Plinia grandifolia here in Florida that is more precocious than P. trunciflora and also fruits on those long peduncles. Very cool Miguel. Congrats.

[joehewitt]

That's very interesting, Miguel! Would you say the flavor is very similar to the common Sabara?

[Miguel.pt]

That's very interesting, Miguel! Would you say the flavor is very similar to the common Sabara?

I have a fruit collector friend leaving nearby that has one old Jaboticaba Sabará that fruits heavily every year... I do find the taste of my fruits very close to those of my friends tree (meaning fantastic taste) but frankly I prefer the fruits of my tree because they are bigger... and are mine!

[xshen]

It's pretty common to see sabaras with long peduncles. I've seen several sabara in so cal that have this trait, including one of mine.

[huertasurbanas]

That's very interesting, Miguel! Would you say the flavor is very similar to the common Sabara?

I have a fruit collector friend leaving nearby that has one old Jaboticaba Sabará that fruits heavily every year... I do find the taste of my fruits very close to those of my friends tree (meaning fantastic taste) but frankly I prefer the fruits of my tree because they are bigger... and are mine!

Hi Miguel, maybe you have an hybrid of trunciflora and m. jaboticaba? Could you take photos to trunk and leaves? are the leaves a bit wavy as trunciflora, or elongated?