Avaliação da qualidade de ciriguela (Spondias purpúrea, L) em diferentes estádios de maturação.

Abstract

Red mombin fruit (Spond;as X)urpurea, L.) is an important species of the Anacardiaceae family, and is distinguished for its excellent sensorial quality, had to its exotic flavor the demand it comes growing in intention to cultivate and commercialize the product. The present work had as objective to evaluate the physical qualitles and physical-chemistry of red mombin fruit (Spondlas purpúrea L.) in different stages of maturation, in the Municipality of Pombas-PB. Red mombin fruits of different plants of Municipality and chosen teams in six stages of maturation had been evaluated in accordance with the degree of coloration of skin and evaluated how much to the physical characteristics and physical-chemistry. For evaluation of quality, a delineation entirely casualizado, with 6 (six) stages of maturation and 3 (three) repetitions of 30 fruits was installed/stages, totalizing 1 80 fruits. The effect of treatment was evaluated through the variance analysis, and when significant the test of Tukey was carried through 5% of probability. In accordance with the results, were observed that the fruits had a slgnificant increase in the parameters fresh mass, length, diameter and volume until stages 111, observing a decline in too much stages. The fruits had presented a considerable value for the pulp income in stages 11, 111 and IV. For the soluble solids amount one evidenced that the maximum amount was reached from the fifth stadium of maturation, having thus indicated the best time for harvest and consumption. Relation SS/AT increased significantly in elapsing of the maturation. With regard to the amount of acid ascorbic an increase in last stages of maturation was observed. It was verified that the maturation stages had influenced in the aspects of quality of the fruits.