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Meet Feijoa, the Forgotten Brazilian Fruit That Is a Hit in New Zealand

Feijoa, a fruit native to southern Brazil, is little known in its country of origin but is a hit abroad, especially in New Zealand, one of the world's largest producers. With green skin and a pineapple-scented interior, the plant is also known as pineapple guava and was already consumed by the Xokleng, Kaingang and Guarani Indigenous peoples before being scientifically cataloged in 1856, in honor…

We haven't written up this one. Folha de S.Paulo (English) has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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