| Myrciaria | |
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| Myrciaria cauliflora fruit | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Myrciaria Banks ex Gaertn. |
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Myrciaria is a genus of large shrubs and small trees native to South America, especially Brazil. Common names include Jaboticaba, Jabuticaba, Guaperu, Guapuru, Hivapuru, Sabará, and Ybapuru.
The Jaboticabas are a significant commercial fruit in Brazil, where most species are native. The fruit is grapelike in size and appearance, and often likened to a muscadine grape in taste. The flowers and subsequent fruits of M. cauliflora are borne directly on the main trunks.
M. dubia, the camu-camu berry, is grown primarily in flood-zone areas of Peru and has been called the fruit with the highest vitamin C (ascorbic acid) content of any fruit.
Selected species
- Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) O.Berg (Jaboticaba)
- Myrciaria ciliolata O.Berg
- Myrciaria cuspidata
- Myrciaria delicatula O.Berg
- Myrciaria dubia (Camu-Camu)
- Myrciaria floribunda (Rumberry)
- Myrciaria glomerata O.Berg (Yellow Jaboticaba)
- Myrciaria jaboticaba
- Myrciaria pliniodes
- Myrciaria silveirana
- Myrciaria tenella
- Myrciaria trunciflora (Jaboticaba de Cabinho)
- Myrciaria vexator (Blue Grape)
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