Myrciaria

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Myrciaria

Myrciaria is a genus of large shrubs and small tree

TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s native to South America

South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, especially Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
. Common names include Jaboticaba, Jabuticaba, Guaperu, Guapuru, Hivapuru, Sabará, and Ybapuru.

The Jaboticabas are a significant commercial fruit

Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
, where most species are native. The fruit is grape

Grape

File:Table grapes on white.jpgA grape is the non-Climacteric #In_botany fruit that grows on the Perennial plant and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis....
like in size and appearance, and often likened to a muscadine grape

Muscadine

Muscadines are a Vitis species native to the present-day southeastern United States that has been extensively cultivated since the 16th Century....
in taste. The flowers and subsequent fruits of M.

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Myrciaria is a genus of large shrubs and small tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s native to South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
, especially Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
. Common names include Jaboticaba, Jabuticaba, Guaperu, Guapuru, Hivapuru, Sabará, and Ybapuru.

The Jaboticabas are a significant commercial fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
in Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
, where most species are native. The fruit is grape
Grape

File:Table grapes on white.jpgA grape is the non-Climacteric #In_botany fruit that grows on the Perennial plant and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis....
like in size and appearance, and often likened to a muscadine grape
Muscadine

Muscadines are a Vitis species native to the present-day southeastern United States that has been extensively cultivated since the 16th Century....
in taste. The flowers and subsequent fruits of M. cauliflora are borne directly on the main trunks.

M. dubia, the camu-camu berry, is grown primarily in flood-zone areas of Peru and has been called the fruit with the highest vitamin C
Vitamin C

Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is an essential nutrient for humans, a large number of simian species, a small number of other mammalian species , a few species of birds, and some fish....
(ascorbic acid) content of any fruit.

Selected species
Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) O.Berg (Jaboticaba)
Myrciaria ciliolata O.Berg
Myrciaria cuspidata
Myrciaria cuspidata

Myrciaria cuspidata is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay....
Myrciaria delicatula O.Berg
Myrciaria dubia (Camu-Camu)
Myrciaria floribunda (Rumberry)
Myrciaria glomerata O.Berg (Yellow Jaboticaba)
Myrciaria jaboticaba
Myrciaria pliniodes
Myrciaria pliniodes

Myrciaria pliniodes is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Brazil....
Myrciaria silveirana
Myrciaria silveirana

Myrciaria silveirana is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family. It is Endemism to Brazil....
Myrciaria tenella
Myrciaria trunciflora (Jaboticaba de Cabinho)
Myrciaria vexator (Blue Grape)