Brazilian savannah concentrates 5% of the world's flora and
represents one-third of national biodiversity, being the second
largest vegetation type in Brazil (Faleiro & Farias Neto, 2008).
Studies for the recovery of fruits from Brazilian Savannah are aligned
to projects such as Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition e BFN,
internationally coordinated by Bioversity International and implemented
by theUnited Nations Programfor the EnvironmenteUNEP
and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization e FAO,
approved by the Global Environment FundeGEF (Brazilian Ministry
of Environment, 2012).
Baru (Dipteryx alata) is a fruit fromBrazilian savannah, regionally
used for human consumption. It is a drupoide fruit, fibrous,