Editing Alibertia edulis

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! colspan="2" style="background: #e8e8e8;" | ''Alibertia edulis''
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| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Flickr - João de Deus Medeiros - Alibertia edulis.jpg|250px|Alibertia edulis at Jardim Botânico de Brasília]]
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! Scientific name
| ''Alibertia edulis''
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! Common name
| Marmelada-do-cerrado
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! Genus
| [[Alibertia]]
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! Family
| [[Rubiaceae]]
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! Order
| [[Gentianales]]
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! Growth form
| Evergreen dioecious tree
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! Native range
| Tropical American forests
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! Mature size
| About 7.5 m
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! Fruit
| Edible, egg-shaped; ripe color described as yellow in one account and black in a seed study; used for jam and juices
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! Propagation
| Seed; laboratory micropropagation
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''Alibertia edulis'' is an accepted species in the coffee family, Rubiaceae.<sup id="cite_ref-1">[[#cite_note-1|[1]]]</sup> It is an evergreen dioecious tree of tropical American forests, with white tubular flowers and edible fruit described with conflicting ripe colors: yellow in one account and black in a seed study.<sup id="cite_ref-2">[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-3">[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

== Description ==

''Alibertia edulis'' is a tree reaching about 7.5 m. The leaves are opposite and ovate. White tubular to trumpet-shaped flowers occur in panicles.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup>

One description gives yellow ripe fruit, while the seed study describes ripe fruit as black; a single ripe color is therefore not treated as settled here.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

== Cultivation ==

=== Soil and water ===

The species occurs in tropical American forests.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> A warm root zone with organic matter, steady moisture, and drainage is a habitat-based starting inference from this forest occurrence, not a species-tested prescription.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup>

=== Sun and humidity ===

Bright filtered light and humid air are habitat-based starting conditions from the forest occurrence; treat them as an inference rather than measured species limits.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup>

=== Seasonal changes ===

The plant is evergreen.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup>

== Propagation ==

Seeds germinated without osmotic conditioning in the seed-conditioning work. Polyethylene-glycol conditioning shortened average germination time in some treatments, while tested potentials from −0.3 to −0.7 MPa reduced germination and seedling growth.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup> The same work describes sensitivity to reduced water content and prolonged storage and classifies the seeds as intermediate, so fresh, fully hydrated seed is a more defensible starting point than a routine dry-storage schedule.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

Laboratory micropropagation has been demonstrated from sterilized seed-derived explants. The reported protocol used 15 mm explants from 50-day seedlings on one-quarter-strength MS medium; BA plus IBA at 0.5 mg/L each gave the best shoot proliferation, activated charcoal was essential for rooting, and rooted plants were acclimatized.<sup id="cite_ref-4">[[#cite_note-4|[4]]]</sup> These are laboratory protocol conditions, not a validated ordinary nursery schedule.

== Flowering, fruiting, and harvest ==

The species is dioecious, with white tubular to trumpet-shaped flowers described in panicles. Fruit is collected from wild trees where the plant is seldom cultivated.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> Ripe fruit color is described as yellow in one account and black in the seed study, so the conflicting descriptions are retained rather than resolved as a single species value.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

== Fruit and uses ==

The fruit is described as edible and used for jam and juices.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup> Ripe color is reported as yellow in one account and black in the seed study, so it remains qualified rather than treated as settled.<sup>[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]</sup><sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>

== References ==

* <span id="cite_note-1"></span>[[#cite_ref-1|↑]] '''[1]''' [https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/match?name=Alibertia%20edulis GBIF species match: Alibertia edulis].

* <span id="cite_note-2"></span>[[#cite_ref-2|↑]] '''[2]''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibertia_edulis Alibertia edulis].

* <span id="cite_note-3"></span>[[#cite_ref-3|↑]] '''[3]''' [https://file.scirp.org/Html/7-2603663_83881.htm Physiological Conditioning of Alibertia edulis (Rich) Seeds].

* <span id="cite_note-4"></span>[[#cite_ref-4|↑]] '''[4]''' [https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-89132008000600004 Micropropagation of Alibertia edulis Rich].

== Image credits ==

* ''Flickr - João de Deus Medeiros - Alibertia edulis.jpg'' — subject identified in the file record as ''Alibertia edulis'' at Jardim Botânico de Brasília; creator João Medeiros; [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Jo%C3%A3o_de_Deus_Medeiros_-_Alibertia_edulis.jpg CC BY 2.0]; attribution: João Medeiros / CC BY 2.0.

[[Category:Fruit plants]]