Alibertia patinoi, commonly known as borojó, is a small (2-5m), dioecious tropical rainforest tree, one of the few edible fruit bearing species in the Rubiaceae family.

It needs high humidity (over 85%) and temperature (an average of at least 25 °C) to thrive, though it can tolerate brief frosts as well as floods.

[4] The fruit is large (about 12 cm in length), with a round shape and brown color and average weight of 740-1000 grams.

[1] Borojo is used in the preparation of jam, wine, desserts and traditional medicines with supposed aphrodisiac effects.

Borojó de la Amazonia (Amazonas borojo), Duroia maguirei, is a wild species in a different Rubiaceae genus, which grows up to 8 m and has a smaller, edible fruit.