The Fruit That Grows on Trees (Literally)
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The Fruit That Grows on Trees (Literally)

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 30, 20262 min
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The Fruit That Grows on Trees (Literally)

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Jabutacaba is a fruit native to Brazil.

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days, which is why it's not usually brought to the U.S. But if you wanted to go get your own

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Hey Don, if you were to harvest pomegranates, how would you do it? Well, I'd pick them from a tree just like an apple. Yeah, and if you wanted to get some blueberries, what would you do? I'd go pick them from a blueberry bush.

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Now, how would you go about getting a jabutacaba? I don't know, never even heard of that. Jabutacaba is a fruit native to Brazil. the size and color of a plum with a white pulp and several seeds. It only stays fresh for a few

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days, which is why it's not usually brought to the U.S. But if you wanted to go get your own jabutacaba, I'll tell you how you do it. You'd go to the tree and pick it straight from the trunk itself. The fruit grows directly on the bark of the tree's trunk and branches? I'm imagining clumps of plums glued onto a tree. That seems unusual.

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