Description
Eugenia sp. “Umbilicata” is one of the most extraordinary new Brazilian fruit materials we have encountered in recent years.
Collected in the Atlantic Forest of Bahia, Brazil, this unidentified Eugenia produces truly massive fruits. According to the Brazilian collector who directly observed and collected the material, the fruits average over 11 cm in size.
Yes — over 11 cm on average.
Size alone would make this an unusual Eugenia, but the collector was even more impressed by its eating quality. The fruit contains a large amount of soft pulp, with a sweet flavor he compared to sweet guava preserve.
When asked again about this material, his description was unusually emphatic: he considered both the fruit size and flavor exceptional.
The plant is described as a medium-sized tree. The exact scientific identity remains unresolved, so we are offering it honestly as Eugenia sp. “Umbilicata”, using the collector’s working name rather than forcing an uncertain species identification.
This is a recent collection of new material from Bahia and is not being presented as an established named cultivar or formally identified species. That uncertainty is precisely part of what makes it so interesting for serious Eugenia and Brazilian native fruit collectors.
Collector-reported characteristics:
• Origin: Atlantic Forest, Bahia, Brazil
• Genus: Eugenia
• Exact species: unresolved
• Fruit size: reported average over 11 cm
• Pulp: abundant, soft
• Flavor: very sweet; compared to sweet guava preserve
• Tree size: medium
• Collection: recent
• Status: exceptionally rare new material
For collectors focused on giant-fruited Eugenia, undocumented Brazilian germplasm, and genuinely unusual Atlantic Forest fruit species, this is unquestionably one of the headline materials of our August 2026 collection.
AUGUST 2026 LIMITED PRE-SALE
Seeds are being released in a very limited initial quantity.
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