This study aimed to obtain information on the morphological characteristics of fruits of Surinam cherry located in five districts of the State of Bahia. The genotypes were identified, demarcated with the help of GPS and from each genotype, 30 fruits at maturity stage were collected, being evaluated: weight, length and diameter of fruit, pulp and seed masses, pH, acidity, soluble solids and SS / TA.). The data were statistically analyzed by obtaining measures of centrality and dispersion, linear correlation between the characters and multivariate clustering. The results revealed the existence of variability for most traits, particularly for the fruit, seed and pulp masses. There was formation of five major groups of genetic similarity for the general population, with the smallest genetic distance (0.22) observed between the genotypes IN3 and IN8 from the municipality of Inhambupe. The genotypes have fruit with interesting characteristics for commercial exploitation with pulp percentage above 68%, being possible to identify materials that gather high values for fruit mass, pulp mass, soluble solids (SS), titratable acidity (TA) and SS / TA.
Eugenia uniflora; genetic dissimilarity; variability
