Cambu branco facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cambu branco |
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Myrciaria
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delicatula
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Myrciaria delicatula is a special kind of plant. People often call it by its Portuguese names like cambuí uvaia doce or cambuí branco. It belongs to the Myrtaceae family, which also includes plants like eucalyptus and guava.
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Where It Lives
This plant grows in South America. You can find Myrciaria delicatula in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and parts of Brazil. It likes to grow in different places. These include araucaria moist forests, which are damp forests with araucaria trees. It also lives in gallery forests, which are forests found along rivers. Sometimes, you can find it in open grasslands too.
What It Looks Like
Myrciaria delicatula grows slowly. It can be a small shrub or a small tree. It usually reaches a height of about 4 to 10 meters (about 13 to 33 feet). This plant is called "semideciduous." This means it loses some of its leaves during certain times of the year, but not all of them.
Leaves
The leaves of this plant are simple and smooth. They grow in pairs, opposite each other on the stem. Each leaf has a short stem, about 2 to 4 millimeters long. The leaves feel a bit like cardboard. They are usually between 2 and 3.5 centimeters (about 0.8 to 1.4 inches) long. They are also about 0.5 to 1.1 centimeters (about 0.2 to 0.4 inches) wide. The base of the leaf is wedge-shaped, and the tip is short and pointed.
Fruit
This plant produces tasty black berries. These berries are about 10 millimeters (about 0.4 inches) across. Each berry can have between 1 and 4 seeds inside. The flavor of the fruit is often compared to another fruit called Eugenia pyriformis. People enjoy eating these berries.
