This fruit is jabuticaba.
In Brazil, jabuticaba is used as a gargle for chronic tonsil inflammation caused by a caustic decoction of sun-dry skins. It is also used to treat hemoptysis, asthma, diarrhea, and dysentery.
Such fruit usage may also result in overconsumption of tannin.
Jaboticaba’s fruit contains compounds that are similar to those that have been shown to have advantageous biological effects in cranberries, grapes, and other related species, including anti-ageing, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant qualities.
Here’s what you should need to know about Jabuticaba Fruit
1. Jabuticaba Fruit can be stimulating, opens up bronchial airways, which is good for asthma, and slightly astringent making it great for diarrhea, and also healing those suffering from tonsillitis.
2. Jabuticaba Fruit is anti-inflammatory, and full of great antioxidants.
Native to Brazil, the jabuticaba fruit has an unusual characteristic related to how it develops. You can clearly see that they sprout right from the tree’s trunk and branches in the picture above.
The fruit’s flesh resembles regular grapes and has a purplish-black skin tone. Each fruit has one to four seeds and is relatively large, measuring 3 to 4 centimeters in diameter.
Similar to grapes, they are frequently consumed raw, but they can also be transformed into juice, jellies, jams, wine, and liqueurs.