JABOTICABA RAINBOW! - All About The MANY Varieties of This Fruit

[@ACreeperMaybe]

This is cinema: conflict between the main characters, flashbacks to old footage, a thrilling cassowary escape, and a heartwarming bit to end it off. Call this a fruit adventure

[@hengurelam7781]

I'm Brazillian. When i went to Canada and first tried blueberry, I compared them to jabuticaba, the oposite experience kkkkkk

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

blueberry yogurn't

[@Dragon_Loves_Plants]

Jabotican't

[@jonasgeez2140]

Hahaha "the trees look like there being attacked by grapes" ... Yes they do lol

[@SeeNyuOG]

Those pesky grapes tribes riding innocents again

[@corinaiwanaga5774]

In Japan, when the people saw 17:34 the picture of a jaboticaba's tree they say " it look disgusting like bugs "

[@theforgermighty]

rise of the planet of the grapes!

[@Ilikebeenz123]

Member berry attack

[@olocutor6990]

Here in Brazil we also have a fruit that is called yellow jaboticaba, Myrciaria glazioviana. It is not a true jaboticaba, but a lot of people call it one. It is also called "cabeludinha"(little hairy) or just "cabeluda"(hairy), because its skin is covered in hairs.

[@olocutor6990]

Also, there is cambucá, a yellow fruit that is also a from the Plínia genus.

[@lahnfear123]

He was licking his mouth though 😂

[@olocutor6990]

@@lahnfear123 what

[@DanielSPark-by6cm]

I'd never ever give my first fruit over to somebody else! Extremely kind of Vincent and Audrey.

[@TianSimber1]

I will if it was someone from far away and maybe wont be able to taste that fruit again in future. Cos it will bear fruit again i think

[@davidedgar2818]

My neighbor " Uncle" next door has a Sabra type Jaboticaba. It is the biggest trunk size one I've seen, here in Hawaii. I definitely agree that it has a more creamy flavor than the red purple. I pick and sell the fruit to a friend with a fruit stand. My friend also juices them and saves the skins and pits. The skins and such are then dehydrated to make tea with. The Tea is brewed and he adds thinly sliced turmeric per cup it is sweetened with honey. It tastes very good ( yes it has a mild peppery taste) but has a beautiful blue purple color. By the way the juice is fabulous.

[@Evilbunk15]

Make candies

[@Evilbunk15]

or wine :D

[@jcferreira03]

Just a little correction. It is "Sabará".

[@dougs_urbanfarm]

I love jaboticabas and grow about 40 varieties but have a friend with a collection approaching 100 varieties!

[@namyx_71]

Can you share something about how they taste or share any resources where people can find out more? Thanks!

[@WeirdExplorer]

very cool!

[@thetrawlerman]

@@dougs_urbanfarm what? I didn't even know there existed that many, that's insane to think about. And I probably only tried one of them

[@dougs_urbanfarm]

@thetrawlerman yeah once you start down the rabbit hole it doesn't seem to end. I needed to stop myself buying more varieties as I have so many other fruits I want to grow, garcinias, pouterias etc!

[@robsonwilianwinchester9726]

​@@WeirdExplorertry yellow jaboticaba myrciaria glazioviana!

[@AmphiptereSiX]

That encounter with the cassowary is waaay too close for comfort. I would've backed away as soon as I saw it. Gorgeous birds but absolutely terrifying. All for the fruit!

[@thetrawlerman]

When I was a kid I used to l pick them off of the trees in my grandma's country house and eat them right away after giving them a wash. Nothing compares to this feeling. However, I've only had the purple variety, I can't find the other ones here in São Paulo, Brazil

[@pedrobrandaod]

I am a simple (Brazilian) man. I see Jaboticaba, I like the video. It is my favorite fruit! The "SabarÁ" is pronounced with Enphasis on the RAH. It is named after the town neighboring my home town, where that comes from. That city has a whole festival around the fruit. Also, I think "red" jaboticaba is a mistranslation. Because in portuguese purple = roxo, but people may mistranslate it as red due to similarity with spanish rojo

[@sharendonnelly7770]

Cauliflory fruits seem to be unique, but special. Papaya and cacao are fruits that are especially enjoyed worldwide, and now we know about the lost cousin, the jaboticaba. Great video!

[@lasseb5612]

Don’t forget about jackfruits ;)

[@leolaroca]

Really nice to see them here! I'm from Rio de Janeiro, and grew up eating lots of them. Our usual spelling is 'Jabuticaba'.

[@yfrontsguy]

Thanks for putting the scientific names for every fruit. It helps greatly in searching online & elsewhere. A very fruitful family the myrtaceae! I wonder if they have any common taste traits? I love eating Acca sellowiana and even Myrtus fruits are good edibles. Cloves, allspice, rose apple & eucalyptus are also in the same family.

[@elmunus1]

I love this channel. Weird Explorer is just such an interesting person. He has devoted his life to such a simple yet complex pursuit, and he has created so many fruit fanatics. I don't watch this channel very often, but when I do, I binge watch them. There are some amazing fruit out there. I'm glad someones trying them all.

[@rayikaikin]

vincent giving you his first and only fruit off his red jaboticaba tree shocked me! those trees can take 6-12 years to fruit ive heard. i would be guarding that one fruit with an electric fence lol!

[@masondawson4061]

There's one inside the orchid conservatory in Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden. I tried some of the fruit and I really do think it's my favorite. That one is really sweet and creamy. It was surprising because when I say creamy I mean it tastes like sweet cream. It was really wilds and nothing I would have ever expected from a fruit.

[@critically.panned]

Aww man, I get nostalgic seeing the old footage

[@tobzmctoberson5118]

Always enjoy seeing your videos and finding out more about unfamiliar fruits. Also I love the Obscura shirt. I remember the episode you were on!

[@guibiancarelli]

Jabuticaba wine is amazing!

[@geomundi8333]

There was a black jaboticaba in the greenhouse of UIUC where I went to school. Sometimes it would fruit and they would forbid us all from eating any; but we did anyway and it was very delicious.

[@ivy_47]

Damn university of illinois has a fruit greenhouse? That's epic

[@DianeGraft]

I once found jaboticabas at a farmer's market in Hilo. I loved them!

[@carlossoares712]

espirito santo is the name of bazilian state from which the fruit came from sabará popular name is "olho de boi", meaning bull's eye because thei big size i have small hybrid tree much like the one on the video, the good part of this cultivar is that the tree poduces fruit all along the year as long as you give good fetilizer thanks for the nice video

[@moltenconcepts398]

I have a grafted red hybrid in my greenhouse, can't wait for it to fruit one of these years.

[@gorillapermacuture]

I have a YELLOW Jaboticaba that tastes like apricot. Fruits are a little fuzzy and it grows very similarly to that first "white" that you tried but the leaves are shorter. Aloha!

[@WeirdExplorer]

I still have to try that one :)

[@valterzc8187]

I have already planted dozens of these trees, with 10 of them already mature and flowering exactly this month. The variety we have here south of Brazil is the plinia peruviana, a variety with dense foliage that presents a beautiful bright red color in new leaves, producing big fruits, but taking 8 to 10 years to fruit under ideal conditions.

[@tambaloneusderpaloneus6626]

I love that there's a place here in Aus that's part fruit tour / part Jurassic Park :D

[@45yk4]

Wait what is the place? :0

[@kawakeiko]

It’s such a complex flavour to explain with words. Really love the video, thanks!

[@anacleto_kgb]

The hybrid jabuticaba tastes a bit tart if they aren't 100% rippened, they need to be completely black with no green spots, if so they will taste almost the same as a sabará(a bit less sweet if you ask me). Also they have really thin rinds, and at least at my home the bees destroy almost all of them, but not the sabará ones.

[@rigues]

Love Jaboticabas, I used to climb the trees to get as much as possible when I was a kid. If you mash the fruit (skins, seeds and all) and ferment it with sugar you will get a DELICIOUS liquor. Try it out.

[@austintrees]

I purchased all 3 of my Jaboticaba trees from Flying Fox Fruits, I have the Grimal, Restinga, & Scarlet varieties. His varieties have expanded greatly since you last visited him, and you should also visit skillcult during apple season, he is an apple breeder with a bunch of fun and interesting new varieties.

[@anacleto_kgb]

I love those fruits, I've been eating them since my childhood. I've also seen jaboticaba wine and steak sauce made from them. They are amazing and only come once a year, ripening quickly on every branch in a beautiful way. Here's a little folklore for you: my parents taught me that if I'm eating a lot, I should swallow 2 or 3 rinds so I wouldn't get a stomach ache(I think it works but who knows lol).

[@chandraravikumar]

We have something like this folklore here about the Jackfruit. They are so delicious that one tends to gorge over them and consequence? A griping tummy ache and extra visits to the loo. As an antidote we need to crunch a raw seed and swallow it. Another injunction - always eat jackfruit on an empty stomach, for breakfast or before lunch. Also the mango is to be eaten after lunch or dinner, never on an empty stomach. Never drink water with mango.

[@anacleto_kgb]

@@chandraravikumar That’s so interesting! Thinking about this for a while reminded me of an old Brazilian teaching: not to eat mangoes and drink milk together because it could be deadly. People say this belief was invented by farmers to keep slaves from drinking the precious milk, encouraging them to opt for mangoes, which grew abundantly on their own. Now, I wonder if this idea might have come from Asia with the Portuguese and evolved over time. We may never know for sure, but thank you for sharing!

[@chandraravikumar]

@@anacleto_kgb You are welcome.

[@thatdevillynsky]

Jaboticaba is so versatile! You can make juice, liquor, wine , jelly, chutney 🤤 The best experience is to get them just straight from the trees!

[@andrewdunbar828]

A fruit walked up to me yesterday and referred jabotcabas. I thanked it for the referral.

[@yvelf]

excellent vid! I'm growing many fruit trees and your channel was one of the first i found on YT that was very helpful and super interesting! keep doling the vids! your an inspiration to many of us!

[@umapessoa6051]

Love this fruit, cheers from Brasil ❤

[@forevertj]

Living the dream as always. Love it.

[@banhatlessducks]

These are my all time fantasy tree, one day i shall have some growing.. one day.

[@maghurt]

Excellent! Love the flashbacks.

[@celestine5231]

My childhood home in south Florida had a small jaboticaba tree, couldn't have been taller than 8 feet the whole time I was living there. We used to call it "cotton candy fruit", it was so sweet when fresh. They would go bad extremely fast after picking them, so there would usually be just a few days where we'd have them to snack on. I always liked chewing the very tough skin for a while after finishing the flesh.

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

How they grow right on the bark like that will never fail to make me do a double take

[@gordonspears6320]

I have several jaboticaba trees of three types including red, grimmal, and scarlet. They can take quite a few years to fruit. The reds can take 5 to 6 years, the grimmals 8 to 12 years (mine still hadn't made fruit). The scarlet fruits in just 2 to 3 years and tastes much like the red, but a little smaller and actually red when ripe. The leaves of the scarlet jabo tree are also pointier than red or grimmal jabo leaves. There are beginning to be quite a few fruit tree nurseries selling different jaboticaba species here in Florida, but the fruits are still unusual in markets. These are great fruits to munch on while walking through the garden.

[@exmodusgaming]

Just came across your channel. Your wonderful and very descriptive explanations make me want to try all of the different foods you have made videos about. I will be trying as many of these different fruits as I can find. Thank you for your hard work! Subscribed.

[@lorenbush8876]

Have you tried the scarlet/escalarte Jaboticaba? it is supposed to be a cross between a red and a white Jaboticaba. Thanks for the video.

[@GerryIsNear]

Jaboticabas are delicious! They remind me of Kyoho grapes

[@RepentanceGarden]

Blue and yellow ones are my favorites

[@lolcatz88]

I loved the bit of the video about Australia! I live in Townsville, North Queensland, about 2 1/2 hours drive south from Mission Beach where the fruit farm is located. I’ve seen cassowaries a few times on the drive in and out from the beach and they are indeed a magnificent and intimidating bird.

[@ShayxLA]

I went to my local bonsai shop a few months ago and they had a jaboticaba bonsai that supposedly does fruit.

[@brianklaus2468]

🎶Shake Jaboti shake Jaboti🎶

[@bmoody82]

You find the fruit at farmer markets in St Petersburg Florida. Also the trees are available at a few nurseries here in Tampa Bay.

[@siggyincr7447]

Now you got me wondering what type I have growing in my garden. One tree got it's first few fruits this year, 5 years after planting it. Though I'm guessing it's probably the Sabara variety as the fruits I've seen on mature trees are fairly big.

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Ooh fun a forage park Oh my goodness its an extravaganza

[@LeafDayz]

You gotta love the jaboticaba!

[@qdmc12]

I like your Oscura shirt, I used to watch their show.

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

Dude... NGL, I was fearing for you when I saw the cassowaries.

[@gBaldaconi]

That, sir, is my very favorite fruit.

[@borgmardunkleson2225]

I wonder what wine made out of them might taste like?

[@gizanked]

Wine is cool, but will they ketchup?

[@critically.panned]

I’d guess like jaboticaba

[@WeirdExplorer]

There is jaboticaba wine 🍷 gotta go to Brazil for that though

[@borgmardunkleson2225]

@@WeirdExplorer firstly thanks for the reply, always nice to get a direct response, been a viewer since ep 80. I might have to see if there's a way to get jaboticaba's here in the UK to make it myself. Probably easier to get medhrono though!

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

@@borgmardunkleson2225 Ah yes, one of the greatest episodes

[@Traptorwinnerguy]

Flying Foxxxxx!!!! Lets gooo!!

[@howmanyletterscanfit]

funny to see you wearing an obscura shirt, i remember your cooling table from there

[@praise_the_hexagon]

Ah, I'm happy to know many variety of jaboticaba.

[@downandout992]

I live in panama. I'm going to have to find one of these to plant in my yard.

[@bluedyeno4]

I have found these at my local Asian grocery store over in Kentucky, very good!

[@Erewhon2024]

That's odd, since they are South American. Did the Portuguese spread these around?

[@bluedyeno4]

@@Erewhon2024 Maybe so, the store i go to seems to specialize in fruit, I have found an annona hybrid, and frozen Mangosteen there as well.

[@You-dm2eh]

Brave for staring down the cassowary 😅

[@nefariousyawn]

Jaboticaba makes an interesting and weird bonsai tree.

[@natiea7871]

Reminds me of a middle eastern wild fruits, Ficus sycomorus can you make a video in it? it is a kind of a fig

[@Erewhon2024]

The sycamore fig (limited to the warmer Jordan Valley, since it is more tropical and characteristic of the Nile Valley) shows up at least twice in the Bible (it is the tree Zaccheus climbed in Luke 20:4, and Amos was described as formerly being "a dresser of sycamore figs" before being called to prophesy in the Northern ykingdom of Israel/Samaria). Interesting tie-ins.

[@saulosaick6763]

The spirito-santensis one maybe actually have this name becuse is found on the state of "Espírito Santo" here in Brazil.

[@LoireLovely]

Long time fan!

[@erialbar]

Awesome

[@kdonsky6]

and me too, the first and only time i ever had jaboticaba was at that fruit and spice park....

[@ESSBrew]

Im pretty sure I seen this fruit/tree at San Diego Zoo, but it had to be like 40 - 60 feet tall. Had the fruit all the way up and down the trunk. Large dark fruits, like the frist kinds.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

I really want to try these so bbad, but I think it will be quite some time before I see these on sale at my local Wegmans store. I wonder if any to the Central or South American grocery store would have them, but where I live there aren't a ton of those kinds of stores hanging around.

[@AlBarathur]

There is a province in Brazil called Espirito Santo, perhaps espirito-santensis means where he thought they were native from.

[@SacredForest347]

Ty for covering these amazing fruits. Fun Fact: The Brazilian name for the fruit is pronounced 'ja-bow-chi-caba' in many regions.

[@andrewsturgeon-m1m]

What are the coldest temperature these can tolerate?

[@bmolitor615]

"genuses" is fun to type, too!

[@frodokhunt]

I have a 60 yr old bonsai one that was handed down to me , she's bloody huge

[@ArizonaFruitTrees]

Im in Phoenix Arizona, and I grow the purple, red, white, sabara, and blue vexeter. To me, they taste exactly like grape candy, or grape Hubba Bubba Gum. In other words, they taste like grape candy instead of actual grapes.

[@נהוראיסבגי-נ7מ]

The rare yellow one is a dream of mine

[@Erewhon2024]

Hmm. Roast muscovies in jaboticaba/vinegar sauce. Sounds tasty.

[@hardshengpizi]

Try giant mulchi (pilinia inflata)

[@Erewhon2024]

I have heard them compared to muscadine grapes. Perhaps that is just visual (I have tasted beer, bubblegum, and sugar from scuppernongs [a bronze muscadine], not "blueberry yogurt." Have you tried these Southern grapes (Vitis rotundifolia)?

[@momcomputer6461]

I was very interested in this video to find out which was the best Jaboticaba for my taste. I have interest in trying to grow them. You didn't give a full review of the Plinia aureana as far as flavor or sweetness, just that it was yogurty. Can you tell me which species is sweet, less like grape (not my favorite flavor) & more like blueberry? and yet has a creamy yogurty texture? I would appreciate the full name of that one and where I could possibly find the seeds or tree starts. No hybrids, please. I consider you the expert and enjoy all your videos! ThanQ!

[@WeirdExplorer]

The red variety i had from flying fox fruits had the strongest blueberry yogurt taste. The white varieties have a mild grape taste and more yogurt flavor compared to the others including aureana. good luck

[@momcomputer6461]

@@WeirdExplorer ThanQ so very much! I will check w/Flying Fox Fruits when I am set up for growing! Love your videos

[@thetrawlerman]

Yes another jabuticaba video!!!! My dumbass didn't even bother looking for older videos when I asked if you had tried it

[@jackson8085]

I know this video wasn't meant to be exhaustive, but it would be incredible if you could get your hands on some of the large yellow jabos, P. calusia,salticola,inflata,nana, edulis. They are huge, baseball sized, but i haven't heard much on taste.

[@dantegc7]

don't know if you already came to Brazil or if you know about Helton Muniz, dude has an insane fruit collection that is definitely worth checking

[@ferretyluv]

I was JUST looking up jaboticabas yesterday because I was trying to remember the word for “grows directly on the bark.” The word is cauliflory. Because it looks like cauliflower, I guess?

[@Tkm-bi8gk]

The cauli- prefix means "stalk" or "trunk" in latin!

[@SanniSandyBunny2000]

🦆 🦆 🦆 thank you so much for the lovely duck 🦆 football footage, it was adorable 💕 😊 Also thank you for your kindness in sharing your fruit adventures with us, the viewers, here on KZbin.😅 Sending greetings to Vostok 🐈😸🐈

[@WeirdExplorer]

I'll let her know :)

[@MeliponiculturaenCostaRica]

You're welcome, come back any time you like!

[@pj-vq3by]

I have 200 plus plants here in NZ, with 20 plus varieties(sabara, grimal, paulista,red, yellow, phitrantha, some otto anderson,etc etc, also a few variegated, but dont have white or blue and want them both haha

[@BuenavistaNZ]

Me too, I'm in Tauranga wbu. Planting a bunch into the ground this spring 😊

[@magnumxlpi]

Im growing white jaboticaba and one species from Peru in Arizona

[@TheRockInnRobin]

Those look like the muscadine in my backyard once picked.

[@arandomperson5185]

Just got some jaboticabas myself earlier today

[@nebsun]

I have a young Sabara in my garden, will be a while before it fruits

[@brianwang8546]

Is that shirt from when you where on that Discovery channel show?

[@gBaldaconi]

8:16 Spirito-santensis could also be referring to the state of Espírito Santo in Br, they have jaboticabas there. I'm not sure, it's just a guess. I must warn you: if you are going to eat a lot of this fruit, consider not swallowing all the seeds. Otherwise it will get you constipated. Guava fruit has that same effect, thought you should know.

[@jessemays9427]

Are they at all similar to muscadine?

[@tktyga77]

The funny thing is, the fruits often do make their international debuts in frozen food sections abroad, such as the pulp & juice or even the whole fruits, also so with veggies & other edible plants. They're actually just as nute-dense as as their fresh counterparts & even dried ones, seriously look those up

[@Eleora1997Msia]

more like missing link .... Interesting, we all hungry and craving for this research

[@blackpete]

7:30 what the duck? 😜

[@livingnoble6645]

Artocarpus lacucha is a fruit you should go on a quest for next .

[@hdsamte]

Is the green one tropical By the way