Growth Habit: The jaboticaba is a slow growing large shrub or small, bushy tree. It reaches a height of 10 - 15 feet in California depending on the species. The thin, beige to reddish bark flakes off much like that of the guava. The foliage is a glossy dark green and makes an attractive landscape plant. It produces small yellow-white flowers dramatically emerge along the multiple trunks, limbs and large branches. Jaboticaba fruit is grape-like in appearance and texture but with a thicker, tougher skin. Most California fruit is dark purple to almost black in color, averaging one inch in diameter. The gelatinous whitish pulp contains from one to four small seeds and has a pleasant, sub-acid flavor markedly similar to certain muscadine grapes. The skin has a slight resinous flavor that is not objectionable. Fruit may be produced singly or in clusters from the ground up all over the trunk and main branches, and the plant may fruit up to five times per year.