araca pera (forum)

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any local info to share on this rare tree ? scored a compot of seedlings ..
Seems it is a sour guava and has similar uses to araca in drinks and smoothys .
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Time: 8th November 2013 9:40am

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Anonymous says...
trikus I recently passed a few Psidium species on to Peter S including this one.There is much on line info regarding their uses.

Time: 8th November 2013 10:41am

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trikus says...
Used to flavour ice creams and sorbets ..
very high in Vit-C 390 mg / 100g


Time: 8th November 2013 11:02am

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Anonymous says...
The brazilians are big on fruit slurries to flavour desserts,smoothies,icecream or to blend with other juices etc.Many of the Psidiums are used this way.I off-loaded most species I had including P.eugenifolia and P.myrtifolia as I would rather plant their soft seeded relatives, Campomanesia and Single seeded Eugenias.

Time: 8th November 2013 11:23am

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BJ says...
Guava Pear. Sounds like a good one.
Here is the translation of the ejardim page:

Psidium acutangulum / guava-pear

Fruit globose or pyriform 6-8 cm in diameter, weighing up to 240 g. The seeds are large, much larger than those of guava (Psidium guajava) or fewer therefore easier to be extracted. Flesh juicy and fleshy, acid flavor.

Uses: Eaten mostly in the form of delicious juices, creams and sorbets, which refer to the taste of European pear (Pyrus communis). It is a small tree 3-7 m tall, with new branches quadrangulados and bright green foliage. The corrugated sheets are printed and the banks, lending a stylish look to the plant. Can be successfully employed in landscaping small spaces.

Cultivation: It adapts well to any type of soil. Production starts between three and four years.

Source: Distributed throughout the Amazon, the Guianas and the Orinoco River Basin.

Family: Myrtaceae.

Remarks: The frozen pulp hit with yogurt and sweetened to taste results in one of the best recipes from "frozen yogurt". See the delicious formula in our blog http://e-jardim.blogspot.com)

Time: 8th November 2013 11:28am

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trikus says...
My Araca pera is getting close to bearing
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Time: 19th May 2016 2:58pm

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Trikus says...
Has anyone grown this to fruiting ?
Only been planted 3 years now .
Wondering how much longer I can expect to wait .

Time: 26th August 2016 11:46am

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Flowers now , and some buds . Fingers crossed for a fruit to try .
Should I be worried about what looks like rust on a few leaves ?
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Time: 14th October 2016 11:16am

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Trikus says...
Found a fruit yesterday , was not very photogenic so nothing to show sorry . A bit over 3 years in the tropics to bear from a tiny seedling . Made a big smoothy that was delicous , bananas pineapple pear & apple


Time: 16th April 2017 9:11pm

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Trikus says...
Picked up a nice ripe Araca pera , a sour guava [ Psidium acutangulum ] . So trying it in a banana bread recipe ,, lots of red daccas , vanilla and for the first time in years some added sugar [ only have it for ginger beer] licked the bowl and it tasted awesome . added pecans & pumpkin seeds . Will be served up for morning tea at our Rare Fruit pruning field day this weekend.

Time: 15th June 2017 7:01pm

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