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.
Myrciaria is a genus of large shrubs and small trees described as a genus in 1856. It is native to Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies, with many of the species endemic to Brazil. 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 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
