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Home » Fruit » Soft Fruit » Berries » Ugni

Ugni

Ugni fruit are very fragrant, purplish-red fruit that look like berries. They are very small, only growing up to about 1 ½ cm (½ inch) wide. Each fruit grows on a 2 ½ cm (1 inch ) stalk.

The fruit has a very delicate flavour, somewhat like strawberries, but with a bit of tartness to it. The seeds are very small.

It grows on an evergreen shrub related to myrtle, which grows up to 4 ½ metres (15 feet) tall. It can be grown from seed or cuttings. It has glossy, dark-green leaves, and small, white or pink, bell-shaped flowers in the spring. The fruit appears in the autumn.

There is not much fruit before the third year. By its third year, each Ugni bush will bear about 1 kg (2 pounds) of fruit. After that, each year, fruit production will increase by another 1 kg (2 pounds) per year.

Australian growers have coined and trademarked the name “Tazziberries” for the fruit. They are being grown in Australia in Victoria and Tasmania.

New Zealand growers are marketing it as “NZ Cranberries.”

Cooking Tips

Ugni can be eaten out of hand, or cooked into jams.

History Notes

Ugni is native to Chile and Bolivia. It was identified in 1844.

Language Notes

Part of its scientific name is in honour of a Juan Ignacio Molina (1737-1829.)

Other names

AKA: Chilean Guava, NZ Cranberries, Tazziberries, Uñi
Scientific Name: Eugenia ugni, Myrtus ugni, Ugni molinae
Spanish: Uñi

This page first published: Jun 17, 2005 · Updated: Jun 19, 2018.

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