Mel de Melato da Bracatinga do Planalto Sul Brasileiro
Mimosa scabrella + červec Tachardiella sp.
A dark honeydew honey from bracatinga (Mimosa scabrella), gathered by bees from the secretions of scale insects on the trunks. It holds a Brazilian denomination of origin and does not crystallise.
- Origin
- Brazil – Southern Plateau (Santa Catarina, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul)
- Colour
- 114 mm · amber
- Crystallization
- very slow
- Plant
- Mimosa scabrella + červec Tachardiella sp. · mimosa →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
The scale insects follow a two-year cycle, so the main crop comes only in even-numbered years.
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