Description: You are looking at a multipack of live Acai palm seedlings, Euterpe oleracea. These plants were grown from seed. The species is native to eastern Amazonia, especially in Brazil, mainly in swamps and floodplains. Açaí palms are tall, slender trees growing to more than 25 m (82 ft) tall, with pinnate leaves up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long. The fruit is small, round, and black-purple in color. The fruit became a staple food in floodplain areas around the 18th century, but its consumption in urban areas and promotion as a health food only began in the mid 1990s along with the popularization of other Amazonian fruits outside the region. The fruit, commonly known as açaí or açaí berry, is a small, round, black-purple drupe about 25 mm (1 in) in circumference, similar in appearance to a grape, but smaller and with less pulp and produced in branched panicles of 500 to 900 fruits. The exocarp of the ripe fruits is a deep purple color, or green, depending on the kind of açaí and its maturity. The mesocarp is pulpy and thin, with a consistent thickness of 1 mm (0.04 in) or less. It surrounds the voluminous and hard endocarp, which contains a single large seed about 7–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in) in diameter. The seed makes up about 60-80% of the fruit. Note: I only ship to legal locations within the contiguous USA. This excludes AK and HI. Buyers are responsible for knowing the laws surrounding shipment of their purchases. Thank you!
Price: 21 USD
Location: Reston, Virginia
End Time: 2024-11-12T20:03:46.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Unbranded
Type: Fruits & Fruit Trees, Houseplants, Trees
Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor & Outdoor
Number in Pack: 1
Features: Potted
