Best Brazilian Plant Types
Growing in the forests in the southeastern part of Brazil, Juçara tree is characterized by a straight and thin trunk which grows up to 15 meters in height. It requires little sunlight and no fertilizers at all. Before the palm heart is extracted, the tree must be at least 8 to 10 years old.
It is used in its entirety – the leaves for chairs and beds, the wood for building houses, the berries for an acidic juice, and the palm heart for boiling, roasting, and frying. The palm heart can also be consumed in its own with honey, because the Guaraní people don’t use salt and sugar.
THIS PLANT IS RARE AND UNDER THE THREAT OF LOSS OF HABITAT. Guabiroba is a rare tree of the Atlantic Forest. It grows from Paraná to Bahia (but also, more rarely, in southern states such as Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul), bearing small, round, orange-colored, aromatic fruits with acidic flavors of the pulp.
The fruit is sometimes used to fatten pigs, goats, and cattle, although it is typically consumed fresh or made into jams and juice. This plant is under the threat of loss of habitat due to the disorganized growth of urban areas in the Atlantic Forest and the verticalization of cities.
Guaranà (or waranà in the indigenous language) means the beginning of all knowledge. For hundreds of years, this fruit has been grown in Brazilian Amazonia, around the sources of the Marau and Andira rivers.
The indigenous Sateré-Mawé people collect the seedlings which grow from the seeds that have fallen to the ground, then transplant them and grow them into bushes. The plant has bunches of red fruits that split to reveal parts of the seed and the white flesh, which is believed to resemble a human eye.
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