What is the stupid?
Pitomb, Eugenia Luschnathiana , is the fruit of the evergreen shrub from Brazil. Fruits are little known outside Brazil, despite several attempts to grow a plant in areas other than in his tropical house. Fruit stupid resembles apricots in shape, color and taste, although sometimes a little more bitter in taste. The stupid, like her relative, Surinam Cherry, is also often used to ensure an accent for landscaping and appears in hedges, topics and in itself.
The stupid shrub can grow up to 25 feet (7.5 meters), although it is rarely allowed to achieve this height of gardeners. It has long, glossy, dark green leaves that are somewhat paler under them, and a new growth has a small bronze hair on the underside of the leaves. The stupid shrub produces white to orange -yellow flowers that appear individually at the end of spring or early summer. In some areas, the stupid shrub can flow more often.
Pitomba fruit is Round and orange color, with cream meat. May containa pit or two to three seeds. If the plant is served enough water and sufficient fertilizers, the stupid fruit will be plump and juicy. The fruit generally achieves maturity in November or December, when it is used in jams, jelly and other canned Brazilians. Stupoma is considered acidic fruit and can also be resin if it is selected too early.
stupid appears in the United States as a landscape shrub and in some parts of Florida is grown for its fruit. The stupid shrub is often used for topiary production because it can be easily trained in a pleasant form. The stupid shrub is often chosen in coastal areas because it has salt resistance and can grow in poor soil. The plant also matures rapidly, grows up to 2 feet (2/3 meters) per year and takes the fruit for four to seven years, depending on the fertilization of the water. When the stupid is used for landscaping, the fruit must be collected to killHe wounded the growth of volunteers.
Both flowers and fruits of stupid plants have a pleasant scent that is improved on warm tropical days. For this reason, it is often planted on sidewalks and near homes. The aromatic shrub has little monitoring in the United States, although it is hoped that in the future the plant will gain wider popularity, along with other little known tropical species.
The name of the stupid is shared with another type of South American plant, talisia esculenta . This tree, which can grow to more than 30 feet (9 meters), produces round brown fruit with a diameter of about 1.5 inches (4 cm). The fruit is consumed fresh, with a white pulp, which has a sweet source.