Mangaba and another ten fruits that are native to Brazil integrate the collection Frutales Nativos con Importancia Actual y Potencial para el Cono Sur (Native fruit with current and potential importance for the Southern Cone), published by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Cooperative Program for the Development of Agricultural Technology in the Southern Cone (Procisur). The goal of the publication is to add value to regional plant genetic resources in Southern Cone countries, which stand out not only due to their broad food use at regional level, but also due to their nutritional attributes. The collection is composed of catalogues of 21 fruit species that are native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Brazil included mangaba, pineapple, assai, strawberry guava, bacury, jelly palm, cupuassu, passion fruit, pequi and umbu, with the participation of researchers from Embrapa Coastal Tablelands (Aracaju, SE), Embrapa Cassava and Fruit Crops (Cruz das Almas, BA), Embrapa Eastern Amazon (Belém, PA), Embrapa Temperate Agriculture (Pelotas, RS), Embrapa Cerrados (Planaltina, DF), Embrapa Semi-arid Region (Petrolina, PE), Embrapa Tropical Agroindustry (Fortaleza, CE), Embrapa Amapá (Macapá, AP) and partner institutions. The publication can be downloaded for free on Procisur's website. The researcher from Embrapa Coastal Tablelands and coordinator of the publication about mangaba, Josué Francisco da Silva Júnior, celebrates the result. “The choice of mangaba and the other Brazilian fruits, among the hundreds of South-American fruit species with real and potential value, with Embrapa's effective participation, proves that Brazil is in the right path in the defense of our native genetic resources”, he underscores. “Embrapa Coastal Tablelands owns a mangaba (Hancornia speciosa Gomes) gene bank with samples from eight Brazilian states, and has expended efforts for the conservation of natural mangaba tree areas in the Northeastern coast and for the development of sustainable production systems for the fruit”, Josué explains. Translation: Mariana Medeiros