Cupuacu

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Wikipedia: Cupuacu
Cixel.com: Cupuassu
UNI Hamburg: Cupuacu Tree
Purdue University: Cupuaçu
Biopiracy: The Cupuacu Case
Grain: Cupuaçu - a Case of Amazonian Self-Assertion (2003)
Ipngos: Biodiversity in the Amazon

Cupuacu News

Google News: Cupuacu
ClimateChangeCorp.com:: Brazil’s Natura uses plants to cut carbon (November 28, 2007)
NPIcenter: The Today Show Touts Cupuaçu (November 28, 2007)
NPIcenter: Bringing the Exotic Fruits of the Amazon To the Global Marketplace (November 27, 2007)

Cupuacu Blogs and Commentaries

Google Blog Search: Cupuacu
That's Fit: Cupuacu: The next superfood? (November 29, 2007)
Tropical Biodiversity: Cupuaçu fruit (November 6, 2007)

Cupuacu Classification

The Cupuacu Tree and Fruit

Cupuacu trees can grow to be as high as 65 feet tall while the tree's leaves can be as long as 35 centimeters. The leaves eventually will bear the cupuacu fruit when the leaves turn from pink to green. The cupuacu fruit grows to be brown with a fuzzy exterior and can grow to weigh as much as four pounds each. The fruit also has it's own unique smell.