- Source: Myrciaria delicatula
Myrciaria delicatula, commonly known as cambuí uvaia doce, cambuí graudo, cambuim, or cambu branco, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae.
Distribution
Myrciaria delicatula is found in araucaria moist forests, gallery forests and grasslands in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and southern and eastern Brazil.
Description
Myrciaria delicatula grows slowly to a semideciduous shrub or small tree, between 4 and 10 metres tall. The leaves are simple, hairless, opposite, with a stem of between 2 and 4mm long, and a texture similar to cardboard. The leaf is between 2 and 3.5 cm long and between 0.5 and 1.1 cm wide, has a wedge-shaped base, and ends with a short tip. The plant produces edible black berries around 10mm in diameter, containing between 1 and 4 seeds. The flavour of the fruit has been compared to that of Eugenia pyriformis.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Myrciaria delicatula
- Myrciaria
- Myrciaria tenella
- List of Brazilian fruits
- Cambuím
- List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
- Cambuí
- Ibirapuitã Biological Reserve
- List of IUCN Red List Vulnerable plants
