SABARA JABOTICABA - The Brazilian Tree "Grape" - Weird Fruit Explorer

Episode 682: Sabara Jaboticaba
Species: Eugenia longipedunculata
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Thanks to Miguel for sharing these with me! If you are interested in trading seeds, you can find Miguel on facebook: MiguelPT or email him at: [e-mail]
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[@WeirdExplorer]

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[@harubernardo4313]

I made a fruit cat out of this fruit

[@afeathereddinosaur]

Jabuticaba is a cultural staple in Brazil, it's in music, literature and is an integral part of generations of brazilians, my parents and their parents all had some measure of eating it when they were kids.

[@NikhillRao27]

I want to try it so much, it's not found in the US at all. might need to check out a Brazilian market.

[@gbertonzzin]

Weird that Miguel suggests that you peel the skin off, here in Brazil we usually don't do that. Some people dislike the skin so they don't chew it or just spit it off, as it is kind of resiny and astringent and full of tannins, but peeling it on the hand is new to me haha. Always thought the *POP* the jaboticaba makes when you throw it in your mouth and bite it was the most fun part of the sensory experience. Nothing against peeling it this way, I'm not criticizing or anything, just got a bit surprised :) I like the skin, by the way, chew it up and swallow it for sure, full of complex flavors, got my mouth watering just to think of it! Hugs from Brazil, come visit us!

[@WeirdExplorer]

Brazil is on my must visit list ;)

[@jairotipple7731]

I don't like the skin very much, so I just squeeze it and bite a little off the skin and the whole inside pops into your mouth.

[@rarefruit2320]

The skin is actually good on some of them such as the one called honey syrup (my current avatar)

[@phranerphamily]

This Portugal series including Miguel have been so informative and fun. Thank you both.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@NurseryEnterprises]

Miguel is a living legend worldwide in the weird fruit community. Thanks again for all you do Jared.

[@lucianac4388]

Jabuticaba is LIFE and when the tree blossoms its the most beautiful scent and the most beautiful tree

[@robclark3095]

A friend of mine said when he was a kid living in Sacramento, CA, they had this tree that he said "had grapes growing all over it." At first I thought he was talking about a tree that had grape vines growing on it. Years later I found out about the jaboticaba and showed he and his father a picture of it. They pretty much said, that's exactly what they had growing in their yard. Sacramento is in climate zone 9b, so there is a possibility it could grow there.

[@JJBoudreau]

I grow this in Dublin Ca. It grows great all over the Bay Area. I would be curious how old the tree is in Sacramento

[@anne-droid7739]

Lovely to see Miguel again, and that duck football was FIFA-worthy.

[@valterzc8187]

Definitely one of my favorite fruits. One of the best things about this fruit is that you can have fruits twice a year, or even all year long depending on the species you grow

[@sharilove8780]

As an American considering moving to Portugal to have a rare fruit/garden.....I have found your Portugal series really really great....love all your videos, but this series is wonderful. I hope you go back in June/July in 2023.

[@jonathanlee97]

I have a few types of jaboticabas planted in pots here in malaysia and i just ate my first scarlet jabo 2 weeks ago. It tasted amazing

[@Youngstomata]

Yes! I’m growing this myself along with the Red jabo variety. If you’re not in zone 9 or 10 they’ll grow reallyyyy slow. Makes for a great bonsai-like tree. I’ve had mine for 3 years and it’ll be another 5-10 years atleast before I get my first fruit.

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

What zone u in?

[@Youngstomata]

@@Toomuchbullshitt 8b

[@rarefruit2320]

@@Youngstomatamy red hybrids in zone 6 (TN) and in zone 7 (NC) all fruit in about 4-5 years from seed. I think maybe 6 years for the slowest red hybrid I have.

[@ericgouw]

I tryed once to make a jaboticaba wine but I don't know what I did wrong, it didn't work, it was terrible 😅 but we do jams, juices, liquors and many other stuff with this fruit. Fun fact: the colour of these will be purple since it takes the pigments from the skin.

[@melhawk6284]

Not enough sugar, maybe? Or an off temperature at some point can create off flavors with wines. Never played with jabuticaba wine, but raspberry and blackberries were often in the brewpot!

[@louispaxeco6931]

In Espirito Santo State in Brazil, in rural areas they produce jabuticaba wine. To produce jam, its necessary to add pectin, normally from orange skin, since jabuticabas are devoid of it.

[@JTMusicbox]

Jaboticaba look so strange growing straight on the trunk especially this dark shiny one. They resemble parasites. Love the ducks in this one. Miss the theme music from the jaboticaba videos from 7 & 8 years ago and the gray cat too.

[@coolhandluke1503]

These make excelent wine, jam/jelly, and a high in anti oxident refreshing drink, but the trick when making things like preseves is to consider how much of the skin you want pummeled for it's zest. The fruit is very sweet with no sour, the skins are the opposite and produce the rich magenta colour. The best flavour fruit wine and jam, I've ever personally tasted

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

I recently started growing some Jaboticaba in southern california- and while its holding up well through the winter just fine- I discovered it'll be about 8~10 years before It gets to its fruiting age, so thats a bit of a damper, oh well- hopefully were all still around in a decade!

[@olucky11]

Flying Fox in Florida has varieties they sell that fruits much sooner.

[@awkwardlyrachel5524]

@@olucky11 Really? I thought they were all about a decade from seedling to regular fruiting. 🤔

[@pattheplanter]

Some trees (like the loquat) you can graft a mature branch from a tree that has started fruiting onto a younger seedling and they will continue fruiting.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Last part too real 😂

[@beatnik6806]

Ofc we are! No sweat 💪💪

[@heyy13]

I LOVE jaboticabas. One of my fav fruits. My parents had a tree when i was very small.

[@FearlessP4P1]

The tree looked beautiful! I hope to try them one of these days. grapes are my favorite and these sounds delicious

[@vanessapaakkonen6637]

Thank you Miguel for sharing your fruit. Great video!

[@SulcataGrove]

Sabara is my favorite Jaboticaba. The trees thrive in my area of Florida and produce a large amount of fruits, a few times a year. I’ve always thought they have the flavor of a nice grape with hints of cherimoya.

[@ComradeMario]

just had a box of these last December, very interesting taste

[@xXxKingjonxXx]

That's one big Jaboti!

[@woophereigo9755]

*_Great video, as always._*

[@WeirdExplorer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MuscarV2]

Every person you've featured have been as interesting and nice as you, and that's so rare. Really nice!

[@rebellionpointfarms6140]

Rockin the TFH shirt! Nice work again to you both

[@rarefruit2320]

👍✌️

[@1TakoyakiStore]

My mother has a fruit & citrus book for Floridians. This is in there and apparently it's one of the most difficult fruits to grow apparently.

[@ellaakiyama5670]

What is the exact name of that book 😍 i live in florida and would like to know.

[@markiangooley]

I used to live near Gainesville and the freezes possible in the winter after weeks of warm weather made it difficult to grow many exotic plants.

[@rarefruit2320]

Jaboticaba is actually really super easy to grow. They have almost zero pest and disease problems. They like a little shade, lots of water, and low ph. They can go a little below freezing too

[@pozzowon]

"middle of May" wow! That's a long archive you have of fruit videos, pretty amazing

[@luizlachner6752]

Grata surpresa Portugal produzindo jaboticabas!

[@AnaCaroline-by5hr]

Não bastou o pau-brasil

[@Beansteak]

Miguel is a super dope guest!

[@dataquester]

The guy that you're doing this video with seems like he's just ready for it to get over with... Xcellent show!

[@SoyKayTbCGames]

I love my country 🇵🇹

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

I've heard of this, and it looks pretty darn good!

[@Ruirspirul]

fun fact: wine grapes are some of the most tasteless eating grapes out there, since it has to have absolutely insane amounts of sugar and relatively high acidity. so by wine grape you probably mean aromatic grapes like Muscat or some other non vitis vinifera grapes (Muscat is still vitis vinifera)

[@beatnik6806]

I don't know the difference, because in Finnish every grape is called "viinirypäle" meaning "wine cluster" 😂 only the colours differiante them like "green viinirypäle"

[@rarefruit2320]

In the fruit world the rabbit hole never ends

[@frankmacleod2565]

fascinating fruit.

[@marcoshenriquesaat3121]

There are another fruits of same family called uvaia. It's good also.

[@Dystopix]

with all your fruit travels you should be able to give all the collectors you meet lots of different seeds, I hope you do.

[@CookingWithCows]

He reserves his seed for a worthy mate.

[@Youngstomata]

Sometimes you can’t transfer plant parts and seeds to other countries. Citrus is a big one

[@melissahauke8682]

Poor Miguel had to sit through all those videos in one go 😂 with ducks around the bench

[@WeirdExplorer]

he was a good sport. the ducks not so much

[@hudson.5940]

Hell yeah the mans back at it

[@bethb8276]

Muscovy ducks love fruit, here in Florida you can see them under fruit trees like starfruit, mango, banana, etc.

[@John-qn6ex]

I finally did it Jared! I found one that is not on your list! I also managed to find your list! Ready? Dracaena Reflexa. The fruit of the common houseplant with the nickname "Song of India", or less commonly, "Song of Jamaica". Apparently it is a very important part of the diet of a type of Lemur on one or more islands in the Indian Ocean. I assume this means that Homo Sapiens can eat it as safely. Perhaps not. But, hey... That part is where you come in. Right?

[@DeathMetalDerf]

I hope everyone is doing well and having a great day!

[@rarefruit2320]

Me too! ✌️

[@meisteremm]

Someday, I will try these weird and wonderful fruits.

[@niellahell]

good ducks too

[@aspen9102]

During my 23 years of being brazilian and aways being in close distance from a jaboticaba tree, this is the first time I have ever seen someone peeling a jaboticaba lmao, we just squeeze the ball until the pulp pops out on your mouth

[@WeirdExplorer]

I'll try that next time 😄

[@aspen9102]

@@WeirdExplorer haha, kids usually put the ball in and pop it lightly with the teeth(just enough to make a small gash) before taking it out and squeezing with the fingers normally so it doesnt have the chance to pop it in the wrong place making the pulp miss its target and making a mess

[@aotearoassecretgarden7700]

We do the same here in New Zealand ☺️ . I think the pop with teeth and squeezing into mouth comes naturally. Also I noticed this was how Miguel ate his on the video he didn't peel.

[@rarefruit2320]

I just eat the entire thing and swallow the seeds. It’s so much easier and probably more nutritious

[@Frootfarms]

I definitely prefer my Red Jaboticaba but can’t wait for my Sabara to fruit.

[@untermench3502]

Portugal and Brazil have a long history together.

[@censusgary]

That’s putting it mildly.

[@CookingWithCows]

Just check out the racial genocide, tasty AF.

[@theblobconsumes4859]

Yeah, just a few years together.

[@untermench3502]

@@censusgary Obviously, my sarcasm bled through.

[@censusgary]

@@CookingWithCows Also trafficking millions of enslaved Africans … But my own country has a similarly dark history. Most countries do.

[@KerriEverlasting]

Omg those ducks 😂💖😍

[@lejardinierjardine8518]

Jared : Jaboticaba Autocaptions : Djibouti cabbage Me : Yes

[@WeirdExplorer]

what's a Jaboticaba? Those Djibouti cabbages were delightful

[@radionoakmont7756]

bonza noice that is another one id love to grow very much they look so beautiful and i love the strong grape flavor as well.

[@Verlisify]

A clickbait fruit presented in a non clickbait way. Bless.

[@coolhandluke1503]

As someone who has eaten these all my life, I've never seen anyone peel one, I just put the fruit up to my top teeth and as you puncture the leathery skin you squeeze with you fingers, squeezing all the contents into your mouth and spit out the seeds

[@user-hi4sz9km1y]

Велика ягода

[@CaedmonOS]

We have one of these in Fort Wayne Indiana in the conservatory it's so delicious

[@rarefruit2320]

Oh yeah I seen it in a video a few years ago! I forgot about that. Very neat!

[@Demosthenes042]

"Got any tree grapes?" -those ducks

[@Ilikebeenz123]

It looks like a muscadine grape

[@CookingWithCows]

Wait... May?? So you had this series cooking for almost a year? :o

[@WeirdExplorer]

yep! it usually takes at least 6 months after filming for a video to go live

[@FarlinatorKarl]

Duck football! Classic!!

[@censusgary]

Is Miguel talking about USDA hardiness zones (9B and 9A) here? I didn’t realize they are used in other countries.

[@miguelcaldeira596]

Yes Sir. We rare fruit collectors mostly use the USDA hardiness zones to describe our climate zones, even outside USA

[@davids.5083]

When will you be going to the deep amazon/australia?

[@WeirdExplorer]

Australia trip will be this year!

[@Kinshasa9200]

My neighbor in Taiwan grew these, not sure of the specific varietal, but the skin was horribly bitter. The fruit itself did remind me of muscadines from the southeast USA, but less intense. Taiwanese people called it 樹葡萄, but it was mostly an ornamental thing.

[@russelllukenbill]

Maybe it is just me but the species name that you listed in the video is different than the one listed in the description.

[@rarefruit2320]

It’s not just you my friend. It’s his mistake

[@stephenwithaph1566]

I live in NYC and I get Jaboticaba in my chinese market ALL the time during the summer; it's mislabeled as "philippine grape". I don't ever peel the skin, I'll sometimes spit the skin out all in one piece if I'm not in the mood for an astringent and sour taste, but often I eat it too.

[@WeirdExplorer]

those are muscadines 🙂

[@JoseReyes-xs3js]

Yeah outside of brazil they're not that Common thankfully a lot of people are starting to learn about jaboticaba now speacily in florida and also California and all lover the world now

[@mateus1945oficial]

Can you try the 'pequi'? it smells bad and it has green hard skin when ripe

[@WeirdExplorer]

I hope to find it one day

[@mateus1945oficial]

@@WeirdExplorer its native to Brazil

[@trex70]

in the future you may give restaurants (high class) advise about excotic fruits they can use in the meals.

[@Ojb_1959]

Thanks for uploading. I’m in 8B (Louisiana) Can I grow them here? Thanks

[@VictorMartins_25]

Jabuticaba is such very great example of brazilian exotic fruit, it's just perfect! You definitely should try more Brazilian fruits!

[@ferretyluv]

I’d heard of this before but had forgotten the name. All I knew was that it grew on the tree bark.

[@diannaodman2847]

growing this one in my greenhouse as i live in Oregon zone 8b, still waiting for it to fruit

[@WeirdExplorer]

good luck with it 👍

[@valterzc8187]

Is the tree already big enough to bear fruit? If yes you can force it to fruit by cutting a ring around one of its branches as if you were going to do air layering, and keep it from recovering until you see flowers in that branche, then you let it recover and slowly the whole tree starts producing fruits.

[@Youngstomata]

@@valterzc8187 wow I didn’t know this. I’ll have to do some more research before I start hacking my precious jabo

[@valterzc8187]

@@Youngstomata I did it on my tree a decade ago and worked well. Of course you must chose a small branch, you won't risk your plant doing that in a main branch. Another thing to be careful is that the ring in the bark can't be too large

[@lil_jururu]

I can't wait to see Jared taste Mamacadela, from Brazilian cerrado lol

[@lil_jururu]

Gabiroba and pequi would also be very interesting.

[@iurifrazao454]

Brazilian who never heard of that fruit... why it has that name? xD

[@beeranb]

halaa

[@1d1hamby]

It grows here in Florida in some of the parks and gardens. Very few people now what it is and there's usually plenty to taste. Only if you know what it is.

[@wtf27pl12]

Hi could i have tip? Would buying cactus fruit be good choice does it taste good in your opinion?

[@SaulVector]

Brasil!! eu tenho muito orgulho que temos muitas variedades de frutas por aqui, voce tem que vir visitar mais o Brasil, em todas as regioes existem inumeras variedades de frutas

[@niellahell]

good guy, good fruit

[@austintrees]

Pete kinaris (spelling?) Went to a guys place in Sanford Florida that had tons of varieties a few years back

[@rarefruit2320]

Close! I think you’re talking about Pete Kanaris of Green Dreams who went to Adam Shafrans of Flying Fox Fruits. Some a Jareds first videos are of fruits from Adam Shafran ✌️

[@austintrees]

@@rarefruit2320 i found flying fox's channel about 2 months ago, and watch his live streams on the regular. Hoping to grow his "Anomaly" in my zone 5b.

[@livefreeallways]

Any good fruits in the fall in Portugal?

[@shuffleshuffleshuffle]

Does it self pollinate?

[@vicguani2108]

Try lipote fruit too

[@justaguywithabible2313]

Do these grow okay or well in Texas

[@hridoygovindadas914]

Looks like lychi inside

[@summialimirdha4582]

How many times it fruits

[@mirleydamazio628]

Quando for comê- las, coma algumas cascas junto. Isso evitará prisão de ventre.😂

[@Tam.I.am.]

So you're telling us that Portugal is full of fruity people? Watching fat Muscovy ducks chase each other around in slow motion was hilarious. And I think I'd like that fruit and its skin.

[@marfeet]

getting dejavu, if you were to recommend a foreign country to visit where would you pick? you have been so many places, i figure you would know the best! the grape looks like a marble but i want to try it.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Depends what you're interested in. The more I travel the more I realize that every country is worth visiting. For fruit though a good start would be to head to the Amazon rainforest or jungle in Borneo. For travel in general, maybe it's nostalgia, but one of my favorite trips was Laos. Specifically getting off the beaten path though, luang prabang and Vientiane were fine, but finding my way into less visited towns was an incredible journey.

[@marfeet]

@@WeirdExplorer I may be going to Peru and Brazil soon so I’m excited for fruits! Thank you for the reccomendations, I’m looking for something pretty but also somewhat adventurous for my honeymoon in the future lol

[@Keiji471]

[@fabiojorgedasilva1467]

Essa deve ser a jaborica conhecida como "zoi de boi," porque pelo tamanho faz parecer um olho de boi .

[@eleonicecaroline2000]

It's damn delicious and sweet, but you must be careful. If you consume it too much at once, you may have problems to poop! 🙈🙈

[@soniarose1983]

Too much or too little?

[@chazzyproductions524]

Have you done mayhaws yet?

[@WeirdExplorer]

I haven't! I've come across the jelly, but not the fruit

[@RhizometricReality]

Sudowoodo!

[@connoralexander1783]

What is Miguel's last name / website? I love this Portugal series

[@tawfigalmouteb2822]

I like to buy the seed . From where I can ?

[@objective_psychology]

He looks like Paul McCartney's long lost brother

[@esquizofreniasobrenatural]

This is the famous açai?

[@WeirdExplorer]

no, I have a video on that one too, check weirdexplorer.com

[@shuffleshuffleshuffle]

Maybe the skin has medicinal properties

[@Nyambui]

I want to put one in the oven!

[@ggximenez]

I was taught that when you eat a bowl of jabuticabas you must eat the skin of the first three or you'll suffer from constipation haahaha

[@coachtaty]

You don’t peel It lol you just bite on it and eat the inside and spit the skin.

[@eloycolombo7125]

Don't swallow the seed!

[@user-sc5wt7kn8i]

Please give me jabooti