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borojoa patinoi

paradisi
16 years ago

Found an interesting looking fruit plant. Just wondering if anyone is growing this and how successful the plants are?

http://ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=1811 is the culprit web site

and a spiele about the fruit:

"The Borojo fruit is famous in Colombia and Panama, because of its reputed aphrodisiac and health properties. It is highly energetic, with a very high protein content.

It has huge quantities of essential amino acids for the body, and its phosphorous content is surprising (60mg/100g of pulp). Borojo has one of the highest levels of Vitamin B (water soluble), compared to any other fruits. The ripe Borojo fruit has exceptional properties for the food and health market. It has demonstrated to be very good for bronchial afflictions, sugar equilibrium in the blood and hypertension.

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and

"The Borojo is a small, evergreen tree about 2-3 meters tall and it is dioecious, meaning there are separate male and female plants. The male plant has clusters of fragrant white flowers whereas the females have a single white flower at the tips of branches.

Only the female plants produce fruits. The Borojo fruit is edible, is 7 to 12 centimeters in diameter, and its color is green. The pulp is brown, acid, and very dense (consisting mostly of fructose and glucose). The Borojo fruit has around 90 to 600 seeds, and it is considered ripe when it falls to the ground.

(Mabberley, D.J. 1990. The Plant Book.)"

and

"One pound of Borojo fruit is equal to the amino acid content of three pounds of fresh meat. This is also good news for people with vegetarian diets, to compensate the protein and amino acid levels in the body.

Analysis of the Borojo fruit has shown that it has essential components for the human body, like: iron, magnesium, calcium, phosphorous, vitamin C, vitamin B and silicium.

(Information for this species compiled and recorded by Camelia Cirnaru, NTBG Consultant.) "

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