Authors : Raimundo Thiago Lima Da Silva, Emile Costa Melo, Ariele Carneiro De Andrade, Lillian Matias De Oliveira, Jose Elton Sousa Silva and Candido Ferreira De Oliveira Neto
Abstract: The objective of this research was to study the physical characterization of fruit and endocarp of muruci from the region of Capitao Poco-PA. The fruits which are widely used in natura consumption were collected in a deforested area of Amazon forest and led to the Multifunctional Laboratory of Federal Rural University of Amazonia, Campus of Capitao Poco. About 600 fruits were sampled and fresh weight (MMF), length and diameter of fruits and endocarps beyond the pulp yield were evaluated. The MMF of the fruits ranged from 0.63-3.83 g and 30.1% of fruit showed MMF between 1.27 and 1.59 g. The MMF of the endocarps ranged from 0.10-0.48 g while 21.7% of the endocarps had MMF between 0.22 and 0.26 g. MMF mean, length and diameter were 1.52 g, 11.49 and 13.35 mm, respectively. As for the endocarps it was respectively, 0.26 g, 8.39 and 7.16 mm. The average MMF was 1.26 g fruit-1. The correlation coefficient between the fruit MMF and the pulp MMF was 0.999, therefore the MMF of the fruit is directly proportional to the amount of pulp. The wide variation in measures of MMF and fruit size may be related to the high variability of muruci plants found in the collection area.
Raimundo Thiago Lima Da Silva, Emile Costa Melo, Ariele Carneiro De Andrade, Lillian Matias De Oliveira, Jose Elton Sousa Silva and Candido Ferreira De Oliveira Neto, 2010. Biometric Analysis of Fruits of Muruci (Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Rich.). Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 5: 769-772.