Miconia klugii
Gleason
MelastomataceaeFruit
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D. Cunningham
D. Cunningham
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Rapid Reference Collection (RRC) | Field Museum of Natural History - Keller Science Action Center
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Bolivia, Dominican Republic, South America, West Indies,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela
How to Identify
A tropical shrub in the Melastomataceae family that produces edible fruit.
References (1)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 535
