South American eucalyptus honey
Eucalyptus grandis a další eukalypty (Eucalyptus spp.)
A single-source honey from eucalyptus plantations, mainly Eucalyptus grandis, in the Uruguay and Paraná river basins. It is light amber, darker than honey from clovers and other legumes.
- Origin
- North-eastern Argentina (Corrientes), Uruguay, southern Brazil
- Colour
- 67 mm · light amber
- Taste
- intense, distinctive
- Plant
- Eucalyptus grandis a další eukalypty (Eucalyptus spp.) · eucalyptus →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
The trees flower in autumn, in March and April, when other forage is running out, so beekeepers move their hives into the plantations.
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