Açai isn’t the only Brazilian fruit with superfood potential, according to emerging research. Jaboticaba is rich in ...

FORT PIERCE — Biologists want your help in the fight against one of Florida's most notorious invasive species. For decades, the Brazilian peppertree has swept throughout Central and South Florida, ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Açaí Bar and More food truck is bringing a completely new facet to the Evansville mobile dining scene — health food. The açaí bowls on the menu contain frozen organic açaí berry ...

At the port of Igarapé da Fortaleza, in the far north of Brazil, dock workers unload large orange-red sacks from small wooden boats. Small dark berries scatter around the dock, staining everything ...

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An ambitious Brazilian urban fruit tree planting project within a green corridor around Niteroi's Piratininga Lagoon is beginning to bear fruit. (AP video shot by Mario Lobão) ...

Acai berry production has grown around 50% in the past decade, driven by a dozen or so women in the tiny community of Ilha da Jussara, at the northern tip of the Brazilian Amazon. In the tiny ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 5 (UPI) --A tiny bug from South America could help landowners in Florida and other states start winning a decades-long, multimillion-dollar war against invasive Brazilian pepper ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors said on Tuesday that they were investigating a U.S. company for alleged 'biopiracy,' accusing it of illegally using genetic components of the tropical berry ...

Q: I have just read an article about the Brazilian pepper tree and wanted to know if it is illegal to have one in my garden. My neighbor has been complaining about it and wanted to know if I am ...