My Experience When I first saw this fruit, I thought it was ordinary grapes, just like those we find in the supermarkets. It also tastes just like grapes! What surprised me is that even the seed inside the fruit resembled grape seeds. A friend from the agriculture department encouraged me to plant this fruit tree because it is unique. I remembered how H.N. Ridley, a British Botanist in the late 1800s, tried persuading Malayan farmers to grow rubber plants from Brazil. Legend said; people laughed at him!   Biology Brazilian Grapes or Jabuticaba is a plant native to Brazil. It is a slow-growing but evergreen tree that can reach a height of 15 meters if not pruned. The leaves are slightly pink when young, but turned green as they mature. As long as the soil is tended and adequately irrigated, the tree could grow in almost every soil. Jabuticabas are [...]