The Amora, found in the soil and mild Azorean climate, optimum conditions of development that are reflected in the final quality of the brandy.

The fig is considered a sacred fruit for the Jews. It is part of the seven foods that grow in the Promised Land, according to the Torah. For the Buddhists, the Ficus religious fig tree is venerated because, under one of them, Buddha would have attained his religious revelation. In ancient Greece, the fig was considered an important food and its export was prohibited.

The arbutus trees grow mainly on the slopes facing north of the mountains, because they are the wettest. Its fruit, a drupa of spherical form and red color when ripe, is harvested in the autumn and gives origin to the famous medronho of Monchique. Fruit from which is produced the aguardente de medronho.