Plinia peruviana explained

Plinia peruviana, commonly known as Portuguese: [[jabuticaba]] cabinho (small stemmed jabuticaba) in Brazil, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to central, South America.

Description

Plinia peruviana is a tree that grows to between 4 and 14 metres tall, and is usually found in mixed araucaria forests, on alluvial plains and in open forest.^[1] It produces edible fruit, between 18 and 25 mm in diameter, which is dark-purple in colour.^[2] Unlike other Jabuticabas the fruits of Plinia peruviana are connected to the tree by long stems, resembling cherries.^[3]

Uses

Fruits can be eaten fresh or made into jelly, juice, wine or liqueur.^[4] Research has shown that the fruit has potential uses as a dye, flavoring or antioxidant.^[5]

Studies have found that the jaboticaba fruit can serve as a wound healing agent on L929 fibroblasts cell line, likely due to its antioxidant activity.^[6] Jaboticaba has been used as a traditional natural medicine to treat skin irritations, diarrhea, etc.

It has also been found that extracts of the jaboticaba's peel can enrich cows milk with phenolic compounds. Phenolic compounds contain many antioxidants and are a natural part of the human diet.^[7] Enrichment of human consumed cow milk may aid in delivering antioxidants to the general population.

Extract from the fruit peel has been shown to be antifungal^[8] and protect against copper toxicity.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plinia peruviana . Useful Tropical Plants . 21 December 2020.
2. Shi-Biao . Wua . Chunlin . Longa . Edward . Kennelly . 2013 . Food Research International . Phytochemistry and health benefits of jaboticaba, an emerging fruitcrop from Brazil . 54 . 148–159 . 10.1016/j.foodres.2013.06.021 .
3. Web site: Jabuticaba para todos os gostos . June 13, 2018 . January 27, 2021 . pt . Revista Natureza.
4. Somatic embryogenesis from mature split seeds of jaboticaba (Plinia peruviana (Poir) Govaerts) . Susy Silveira . Sheila . Bruno . Francisco Sant’Anna-Santos . Juliana . Degenhardt-Goldbach . Marguerite . Quoirin . Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy . 42 . 2020.
5. Wiszovaty . Lourdes . Caballero . Silvia . Oviedo . Cristian . Ozuna . Fernanda . Mereles . Laura . August 6, 2020 . Plinia peruviana "Yvapurũ" Fruits and Marmalade from Paraguay: Autochthon Products with Antioxidant Potential . 2nd International Conference of Ia ValSe-Food Network . Lisbon, Portugal . 10.3390/proceedings2020053009 . February 4, 2021. free .
6. Pitz . Heloisa da S. . Pereira . Aline . Blasius . Mayara B. . Voytena . Ana Paula L. . Affonso . Regina C. L. . Fanan . Simone . Trevisan . Adriana C. D. . Ribeiro-do-Valle . Rosa M. . Maraschin . Marcelo . 2016-08-18 . In Vitro Evaluation of the Antioxidant Activity and Wound Healing Properties of Jaboticaba (Plinia peruviana) Fruit Peel Hydroalcoholic Extract . Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity . en . 2016 . e3403586 . 10.1155/2016/3403586 . 1942-0900. free . 5007430 .
7. Di Maio . Gaetano . Pittia . Paola . Mazzarino . Letícia . Maraschin . Marcelo . Kuhnen . Shirley . 2019-03-01 . Cow milk enriched with nanoencapsulated phenolic extract of jaboticaba (Plinia peruviana) . Journal of Food Science and Technology . en . 56 . 3 . 1165–1173 . 10.1007/s13197-019-03579-y . 0975-8402 . 6423216 . 30956296.
8. Waller . Stefanie . Peter . Cristina . Hoffmann . Jéssica . Cleff . Marlete . de Faria . Renata . Zani . João . 2020 . Jabuticaba [Plinia peruviana (Poir.) Govaerts]

   a Brazilian fruit with a promising application against itraconazole-susceptible and -resistant Sporothrix brasiliensis ]

   . Natural Product Research . 35 . 24 . 5988–5992 . 10.1080/14786419.2020.1810034 . 32840143 . 221309051 . December 21, 2020.
9. Franscescon . F. . Mazon . S.C. . Bertoncello . K.T. . 2018 . Protective role of jaboticaba Plinia peruviana peel extract in copper-induced cytotoxicity in Allium cepa. . Environmental Science and Pollution Research . 25 . 35 . 35322–35329 . 10.1007/s11356-018-3420-1 . 30341761 . 53009912 . December 21, 2020.