A Brazilian name with an island connection
Bourbon appears in Brazil’s older cultivar literature.
Bourbon — Brazil
Local tradition
An Embrapa guide connects Bourbon with seed introductions through the island of Bourbon. It also records Espada as a northern Brazilian usage for Bourbon—a warning that the same name can mean different fruit in different places. The naming history is not fully resolved.
The names it answers to
- Bourbon
- Name used in the cited Brazilian agricultural literature.
- Espada
- Regional usage recorded for Bourbon in northern Brazil; not a universal synonym for the Espada group.