Cambu branco facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cambu branco
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Myrciaria
Species:	delicatula
Synonyms
Eugenia delicatula DC. Eugenia delicatula var. conferta Kiaersk. Eugenia maschalantha Kiaersk. [Illegitimate] Luma maschalantha Herter Myrciaria delicatula var. acutifolia O.Berg Myrciaria delicatula var. angustifolia O.Berg Myrciaria delicatula var. conferta O.Berg Myrciaria delicatula var. delicatula Myrciaria delicatula var. latifolia O.Berg Myrciaria linearifolia O.Berg Myrciaria macrocarpa Usteri Myrciaria maschalantha (Herter) Mattos & D.Legrand Myrciaria micrantha Barb.Rodr. ex Chodat & Hassl. [Invalid] Paramyrciaria delicatula (DC.) Kausel Paramyrciaria delicatula var. argentinensis Kausel Paramyrciaria delicatula var. linearifolia (O.Berg) O.Berg

Myrciaria delicatula, commonly known as cambuí uvaia doce', cambuí graudo, ', or cambu branco, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae.

Distribution

Myrciaria delicatula is found in araucaria moist forests, gallery forests and grasslands in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and southern and eastern Brazil.

Description

Myrciaria delicatula grows slowly to a semideciduous shrub or small tree, between 4 and 10 metres tall. The leaves are simple, hairless, opposite, with a stem of between 2 and 4mm long, and a texture similar to cardboard. The leaf is between 2 and 3.5cm long and between 0.5 and 1.1cm wide, has a wedge-shaped base, and ends with a short tip. The plant produces edible black berries around 10mm in diameter, containing between 1 and 4 seeds. The flavour of the fruit has been compared to that of Eugenia pyriformis.