today I took some pictures with my phone, of some of the jaboticabas that I have set aside, as being suspects....of either hybridization, or mutation....lol or improper identification.
keep in mind these are all seedlings from my red jaboticaba trees (with the exception of the one I believe is a hybrid of Red jabo and trunciflora...I think that one was a trunciflora seed!)
this one has large leaves...looks much more like M. aureana!
this picture is not the best, but the foliage of this seedling is very strange...quite stiff when compared to the common Red jabo, and much more heart shaped....I will get some better pictures as the tree grows.
This one I'm convinced is a hybrid of the Red jabo and trunciflora....and yes we had bearing trees of both varieties in close proximity, and I planted seeds from those trees...(I think the mother would have been trunciflora)
this one is more of a guess..but really looks like a mix between Grimal and Red jabo...the leaves are more lanceolate, and darker green...and much stiffer than the common red jaboticaba....if it's not a hybrid, then it is definitely a mutation of the Red jabo in my opinion. Hoping to find out soon (less than 5 yrs?!? )