Myrcia multiflora

(Lam.) DC.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Bolivia, Brazil*, Colombia, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical tree growing to 18 m tall with small fruits 4 mm across, in the Myrtaceae (myrtle) family.

Names & Synonyms

Camboi, Camboim, Cambui-brabo, Cambium, Cambuizeiro, Pedra-ume-caa

Aulomyrcia multiflora (Lam.) O. Bergand many others

References (5)

Alimenticias - FloraSBS
Brack, P., et al, 2020, Frutas nativas do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: riqueza e potencial alimentício. Native fruits of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: richness and potential as food. Rodriguésia 71: e03102018.
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 558
Kinupp, V. F., 2007, Plantas alimenticias nao-convencionais da regiao metropolitana de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil p 86
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia. (As Calyptranthes multiflora)