Myrciaria Explained

Myrciaria is a genus of large shrubs and small trees described as a genus in 1856.^{[1] [2]} It is native to Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies, with many of the species endemic to Brazil.^[3] 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^{[3] [4] [5]}

Formerly placed here

• Plinia cauliflora (Gardner) O.Berg (as M. cauliflora (Mart.) O.Berg and *M. jaboticaba (Vell.) O.Berg)

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/114109#page/324/mode/1up Berg, Otto Karl. 1856. Linnaea 27(2–3): 136, 320-338
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024283 Tropicos, Myrciaria O.Berg
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=131780 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Myrciaria. Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2013-01-18.
5. Web site: Myrciaria O.Berg . Plants of the World Online . Kew Science . 2021-01-15.