30 BULLETIN 445, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The tree occasionally reaches a height of 30 or 40 feet. Its leaves 
are elliptical-ovate in form, entire, about 2 inches in length, the veins 
depressed above and prominent below. The fruits greatly resemble 
small guavas; they are three-fourths of an inch or more in diameter, 
oblate in form, the apex crowned by a large disk and five persistent 
sepals. When fully ripe they are orange yellow in color, the surface 
shghtly wrinkled longitudinally and covered with a thick tomentum 
or down. The skin is thin and surrounds a layer of granular, light- 
yellow flesh, which incloses the seeds and the soft pulp in which they 
are embedded. The flavor is similar to that of a guava, but fre- 
quently stronger. 
According to Tavares’ there are four varieties of this species, 
but they are not well known. The principal use to which the fruits 
are put is the manufacture of jellies. 
THE CAMBUCA. 
Botanically the cambuca is referred to Myrctaria plicato-costata 
Berg, correctly known as J/. edulis (Vell.) Skeels, but Barbosa 
Rodrigues believed there was some confusion within the species. 
Like the guabiroba, this fruit is indigenous to the vicinity of Rio 
de Janeiro and is also cultivated in gardens. In general appearance 
both the tree and the fruit are suggestive of the jaboticaba. The 
leaves are somewhat larger, however, and the bark a darker shade 
of brown. 
While cauliflorous and sessile, the fruits (Pl. XVI), which are 
commonly eaten fresh, are not produced in such profusion as jaboti- 
cabas, nor are they found as a rule on the lower part of the trunk. 
In form they are oblate, an inch and a half in length and 2 inches 
in breadth, with a small brown disk not over an eighth of an inch 
in diameter at the apex. The skin is smooth, orange yellow in color, 
and rather tough. The soft, translucent inner flesh only is edible; 
between it and the skin is a thick, tough layer, bright orange in 
color, which has to be discarded with the skin. The flavor is subacid, 
greatly resembling some of the Passifloras, very pleasant and agree- 
able, though perhaps not so delicious as that of the jaboticaba. The 
seed is oval, seven-eighths of an inch in length, and is easily separated 
from the flesh. 
THE BACUPARI. 
This is a beautiful pyramidal tree (heedia brasiliensis Planch. 
and Triana) of the family Clusiacez, indigenous to the State of Rio 
de Janeiro. As indicated by the name it greatly resembles the 
bacuri (Avristoclesia esculenta (Arruda) Stuntz; Platonia insignis 
Mart.). It is smaller in size, and while not considered quite so — 
1 Op. cit., p. 36, -1913. 
