Category: The Park
We will now present a new series of sculptures.
They will show up in the coming months, each one carrying a name related to the human psyche.
Enjoy !
Our first texts were published in 2013. In 2016, this website, naturafutura.org, was created, and in 2019 we began to publish the Park Project.
After six years (2019-2025), this project ends its online publishing phase. The next step will be to transform this twelve-year experience into a book.
The planting and our care for the trees of the Atlantic Forest continue. And a new park project is being developed, this time to be presented also in book format.
We hope that this work has been valuable to you, who have followed us through all these years. Our thanks and best wishes for success in your experience of protecting and loving Nature !
“Health” presents Cambuci
Cambuci is the proposed tree for the eighteenth station of the park. Its scientific name is Campomanesia phaea. It belongs to the Myrtaceae family, the same family as pitanga, guava and jabuticaba trees.
The shape of its fruits resembles a ceramic pot, whose name in the Tupi language is cambuci.
Also called Cambucizeiro, Cambuci is a tree native to the Atlantic Forest, currently found in Serra do Mar (the mountain range near the Atlantic Sea), in the State of São Paulo, and in Teresópolis, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
It grows 3 to 5 m (10 to 16 feet) in height, and its trunk reaches 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 inches) in diameter.
Its fruits, which ripen in January to March, have an acidic flavor, similar to lemon. They are used in cooking to prepare juices, jellies, ice creams and flavorings in alcoholic beverages.
The cambuci fruit is rich in vitamin C, vitamin A and B vitamins, as well as containing iron and antioxidants. Its consumption has therapeutic effects, beneficial in treating respiratory diseases, fighting premature aging and cholesterol, and strengthening the immune system.
“Good Will” presents Copaiba
Copaiba is the tree proposed for the seventeenth station of the park. Its binomial name is Copaifera langsdorffii. It belongs to the Fabaceae family, the same family as the already mentioned Cabreuva, Sibipiruna, Inga do Brejo and Brazilwood.
Its name comes from the Tupi language (kupa’iwa) and it is popularly known as copaibeira or pau-de-oleo (oilwood). It is a tree native to the Brazilian biomes of the Atlantic Forest, Amazon and Cerrado. It also occurs in Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.
It grows from 5 to 35 meters (16 to 114 feet) in height, and its trunk is cylindrical and curved. Its foliage is initially light pink in color, turning red in the spring.
Its wood, also red, is highly resistant and used in carpentry and civil construction.
Copaiba oil is used in folk medicine in the Amazon as an expectorant and antiseptic, and also in the treatment of skin diseases such as eczema and dermatitis. Filtered, its oil can be used as biodiesel (automobile fuel).
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