ChileanJAR

Ugni molinae Turcz. known as "murta" or "murtilla" is a native species from Central and Southern Chile. This plant has attracted interest as a fruit-growing alternative due to the distinctive fragrance and taste of the fruit. With the objective of evaluating the fruit of different murta accessions collected from the 7^th to 10^th Region of Chile, a sample of 20 fruit per accession was analyzed for physical and chemical parameters. The highest frequencies for the evaluated parameters were as follows: polar diameter 0.87 cm; equatorial diameter 1.01 cm; unitweight 0.45 g; seeds perfruit 10.27; color of epicarp: red; color of pulp: white; soluble solids 19.4 °Brix; fructose in fruit 21.6 mg gpf^-1 (grams offresh product); fructose in seeds 6.33 mg gpf^-1 ; sucrose in fruit 68.6 y 134.2 mg gpf^-1; sucrose in seeds 8.66 mg gpf'; titrable acidity 8.2 meq Na OH 100 gpf^-1; pH 4.29 and ascorbic acid 63.4 mg gpf^-1.