jaboticaba

noun

1. The evergreen Brazilian grape tree, Myrciaria cauliflora, a fruit-bearing tree native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
2. Its fruit, purplish-black with a white pulp, which can be eaten raw or used in jellies and drinks.

   “If you don't have jaboticabas, use red grapes, but make sure they are an old-fashioned seedy, intensely flavoured variety.”