Fruit oxidizes bluish-green

• Title

  Fruit oxidizes bluish-green

• Definition

  When the fruit is bruised, the color at the point of the bruise turns bluish-green.

• Notes

  In the Lecythidaceae, fruit oxidation upon bruising occurs in all species of Couroupita, all species of the "sapucaia" section of Lecythis, and a few species of Eschweilera (e.g., E. decolorans and E. laevicarpa. In these species, the bluish-green oxidation occurs in all organs of the plant at different intensities.

• *For more educational content, please visit The Hand Lens and explore our herbarium collections and the stories they tell.