Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Demand for Amazonian Fruit

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jun 9 2002 (IPS) - Companies from Brazil and abroad are ordering hundreds of tons of the nutritious camú-camú fruit, but the country's production is limited, reports the National Institute of Amazonian Research. The camú-camú could follow the successful route of other Amazon fruits, like the guaraná, açaí and cupuaçú, says Kaoru Yuyama, an agronomist at the Institute.

The fruit grows on a bush and is native to the Amazon River basin. It holds a hundred times more vitamin C than the orange. Cultivated in dry soil and with fertilizer, it can produce fruit year round, according to Yuyama