Caracterização físico-química e desenvolvimento pós-colheita de jabuticabas ( Plinia peruviana e P. cauliflora )

Plinia peruviana and P. cauliflora are Myrtaceae with potential for agricultural exploitation or urban afforestation. However, there is not much information about its characteristics; consequently, making the objective of this work to evaluate morphometry (size, fresh fruit mass, pulp, bark and seeds, pulp yield, number of seeds per fruit and fruit color), chemical composition (soluble solids, acid titratable AT, Ratio and vitamin C content) and post-harvest behavior (chemical composition and loss of fresh mass) of its fruits. The samples studied were rounded, with high water content (83%), high yield of pulp (between 67 and 76%), fresh mass between 5.30 and 6.82 g and more than one seed per fruit. They presented between 11.4 and 12.7 SS, low AT and 19 mg 100 g of pulp-1 of vitamin C. Plinia peruviana and P. cauliflora have shown similar physicochemical characteristics and can be stored for 28 days under refrigeration (≈2oC).