Flying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 3 months agoTIL about the Guarana plant, which looks like a cluster of eyes when ripe. This is fitting because it's full of caffeine.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Guarana plant, which looks like a cluster of eyes when ripe. This is fitting because it's full of caffeine.en.wikipedia.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to todayilearned@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareblaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoSoft drinks and tea made from it are delicious. If I remember correctly, Brazilian indigenous legend is that a woman had a miraculous child, the baby died, and some days after burial from one of the eyes sprouted a guaraná plant, from the other sprouted false-guarana.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoThanks. I’m not finding much info about false guarana, but this is apparently what it looks like: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/False-guarana-not-identified-found-on-Andira-Marau-Indigenous-Land-near-the-village_fig4_303023020
minus-squareblaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoSearching in Portuguese might help? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=falso+guarana&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIf this is what I think it is, it tastes delicious (unlike guaraná). I don’t remember the name, but it wasn’t presented to me as falso guaraná.
Soft drinks and tea made from it are delicious.
If I remember correctly, Brazilian indigenous legend is that a woman had a miraculous child, the baby died, and some days after burial from one of the eyes sprouted a guaraná plant, from the other sprouted false-guarana.
Thanks. I’m not finding much info about false guarana, but this is apparently what it looks like:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/False-guarana-not-identified-found-on-Andira-Marau-Indigenous-Land-near-the-village_fig4_303023020
Searching in Portuguese might help?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=falso+guarana&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images
If this is what I think it is, it tastes delicious (unlike guaraná). I don’t remember the name, but it wasn’t presented to me as falso guaraná.