Plinia edulis

Plinia edulis

taxobox


regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Plinia"
species = "P. edulis"
binomial = "Plinia edulis"
binomial_authority = |

"Plinia edulis" (formerly "Marlierea edulis") is the scientific name for a tree called Cambucá, that grows wild in Brazil in the coastal rainforest regions around the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

The name is derived from the local native word for jar, "cambuci", due to the tree's fruit resembling a type of water container which some would say is "flying saucer" shaped. The fruit's coloration is yellowy-green, size is 6 cm. in diameter and taste is sweet-sour. A member of the "Myrtle" and "Eucalyptus" family, the tree can grow to a height of thirty feet, and propagation is by seed.

External links

*pt icon [http://www.arvores.brasil.nom.br/cambuc1/ Árvores do Brasil]

References

* Oxford Companion to Food (1999) "Cambuca" p. 127.


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