Myrciaria
Genus of large shrubs and small trees
Not to be confused with
Myrcia , also in family Myrtaceae, or
Myrica , in family Myricaeae, or
Myricaria , in family Tamaricaceae.
Myrciaria is a genus of large shrubs and small trees described as a genus in 1856.[ 5] [ 3] It is native to
Central and South America , Mexico , and the West Indies , with many of the species endemic to Brazil .[ 4] Common names include hivapuru, sabará, and ybapuru.
The jaboticabas are a significant commercial fruit in Brazil . The fruit is grapelike in size and appearance, and often likened to a muscadine grape in taste. Myrciaria dubia , the camu-camu berry, is grown primarily in flood-zone areas of Peru and has one of the highest vitamin C (ascorbic acid) concentrations of any fruit, alongside Terminalia ferdinandiana .
accepted species[ 4] [ 6] [ 7]
Myrciaria alagoana Sobral - Alagoas
Myrciaria alta T.B.Flores & Sobral - Espírito Santo
Myrciaria borinquena Alain - Puerto Rico
Myrciaria cambuca Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas - E Brazil
Myrciaria cordata O.Berg - Guyana , Bolívar , N Brazil
Myrciaria cuspidata O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia , Paraguay
Myrciaria delicatula (DC.) O.Berg - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, NE Argentina
Myrciaria disticha O.Berg - E Brazil
Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh – Camu-camu - Guyana, Venezuela , N Brazil, Colombia , Ecuador , Peru
Myrciaria evanida Sobral - E Brazil
Myrciaria ferruginea O.Berg - Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais
Myrciaria floribunda (H.West ex Willd.) O.Berg – Rumberry, guavaberry - from Mexico + West Indies to Paraguay
Myrciaria glanduliflora (Kiaersk. ) Mattos & D.Legrand - Minas Gerais
Myrciaria glazioviana (Kiaersk.) G.M.Barroso ex Sobral – Cabeludinha, yellow jaboticaba - E Brazil
Myrciaria glomerata O.Berg – Red cabeludinha - E Brazil
Myrciaria guaquiea (Kiaersk.) Mattos & D.Legrand - E Brazil
Myrciaria ibarrae Lundell - Guatemala , Campeche , Quintana Roo
Myrciaria myrtifolia Alain - Puerto Rico
Myrciaria pallida O.Berg - SE Brazil
Myrciaria pilosa Sobral & Couto - Bahia , Minas Gerais
Myrciaria plinioides Legr. - S Brazil
Myrciaria puberulenta B.Holst - S Venezuela
Myrciaria racemosa M.L.Kawas. - Ecuador
Myrciaria rojasii D.Legrand. - Brazil, Paraguay
Myrciaria rupestris (Ekman & Urb.) Z.Acosta - W Cuba
Myrciaria strigipes O.Berg – Beach cabeludinha - E Brazil
Myrciaria tenella (DC.) O.Berg - Hispaniola , Venezuela, French Guiana , Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay , N Argentina
Myrciaria una Costa-Lima & E.C.O.Chagas - NE Brazil
Myrciaria vexator McVaugh – Blue grape - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela
Myrciaria vismeifolia (Benth.) O.Berg - Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname , Guyana, N Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
Plinia cauliflora (Gardner) O.Berg (as M. cauliflora (Mart.) O.Berg and *M. jaboticaba (Vell.) O.Berg )
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