There are some big trees i know in Portugal! I love them! 
Talk about impulse buying or retail therapy, whatever you wanna call it, I went ahead and bought one today. I have huge empty terra-cotta pot. Itāll be perfect for it.
Chriso, they donāt like hot sun, from 11am-3pm. They are more or less an understory tree. Good luck!
Beautiful tree! Jaboticaba and Green Sapote will be my next two purchases. Great thing about jaboticaba is it seems to grow well in a pot, which opens doors for folks who donāt live in zones 9b+. Well done to yāall who are growing these trees well!
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Thanks for the advice!! Now for the hard part: Waiting for it to fruit!!!
Bob,
Thank you for the great guft.
@mrsg47 - I ate the pulp and spit out the seeds. The skin was thick so I did not eat the skin. Texture was soft. Taste was mildly sweet. Nothing like grapes except for the look.
I canāt compare it to any tropical fruit I have eaten (and I have eaten many kinds). I have found that chilled Jaboticaba tasted better than room temperature ones.
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We donāt know what a pitanga taste like anymore than a jaboticaba unfortunately. We eat grapes. Pears, peaches, apple etc. is it close to any of those?
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It is documented its native to the states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, GoiĆ”s and SĆ£o Paulo in Brazil is that accurate? In case Iām traveling in Brazil some time I want to go some place I can try it.
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Hi! Pitanga flavor varies a lot on flavor and color fruit. There are the very very rare white pitangas, the rare orange biger ones, big and smaller red and big black pitangas.
The best flavor is the big black pitangas like a sweet cherry + blackberry + tropical fruits end. The worst ones more small and wild have a cherry + metalic and petrol flavorā¦ very bad! 
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Does it taste at all like lychee which I love?
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No. I love lychee, too but not lychee in taste. Jaboticabaās texture and taste remind me a bit of an obscure tropical fruit called Santol. But their look is totally different.
Santol is sweeter and a lot larger.
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Hey Chills. I have to warn you that finding jabuticaba may take some planning / work, as itās not a big commercial crop. I am from SĆ£o Paulo. I grew up eating fruit off an old tree growing at a nearby church, almost never had it from stores. My best guess for where to find jabuticaba for sale in SĆ£o Paulo would be the Mercado Municipal (downtown). Itās a great destination on its own, and your best bet for exotic fruit. Trees can produce all year tho peak season runs June to September. If youāre in Rio or elsewhere, ask around for the biggest feiras (markets). Good luck!
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Jaboticaba/Jabuticaba is all the rage in Nor. Cal for the last few years to the point that almost all fruit enthusiasts have a tree now. From the coast to inland California, it can grow and fruit well. There is a fruiting tree in Emma Prusch which I guess was grown from seed. Grafted varieties like Sabara will fruit sooner. I am not growing it as I wasnāt wowed by the flavor of the fruit, but Iāve only tasted it a couple of times.
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I am OK with the taste.
I wonder how many of those CA Jaboticaba growers grow the tree because of its uniqueness during flowering and when itās full of fruit right on the trunk.
Having a Jaboticaba in your yard would be a show stopper.
Iād love to grow one, too. I think I will get used to the taste and will like it.
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I had one, but lost it due to poor watering during winter (we were living away from the house due to a plumbing/insurance thing).
I got it to almost 4 feet in 3 years.
I just got another. Was disappointed that it was about 4 inches tall when it arrived. Currently it is almost 1.5 feet tall and growing quickly.
The new growth is a strange color. Its kind of a beige/pink. Iām using Hollytone under 2 inches of pea gravel in a 2 gal pot. I wish these were a little more forgiving of fertilization. I have access to an organic, 100% natural fertilizer, but it is a commercial product and I donāt want to risk it.
Is the strangely discolored new growth a common feature of these?
Scott
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Yes
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