Eugenia speciosa
Cambess.
Iaranjinha-do-mato, Araca
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Description
A small shrub. It is less than 1 m tall on sandy soils. It can be 10-20 m tall in forest. The leaves are papery. The leaves can be 3-5 cm long in the tree forms. The flowers occur singly and in the axils of leaves. The flower stalk is 15-20 mm long. The fruit are round and smooth. They are orange and 2-3 cm across. There are 1-3 seeds and the flesh is sweet.
Edible Uses
The fruit is eaten fresh and used to make jellies.
Traditional Uses
Fruit are eaten fresh. They are also used for jellies.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows naturally in coastal river banks and altitude forest in Brazil. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil*, Paraguay, South America*, Uruguay,
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed.
Other Information
It is occasionally cultivated as a food crop.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Cerejeira-amarela, Guabiroga branca
References (6)
- 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.
- Kinupp, V. F., 2007, Plantas alimenticias nao-convencionais da regiao metropolitana de Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil p 86
- Lorenzi, H., Bacher, L., Lacerda, M. & Sartori, S., 2006, Brazilian Fruits & Cultivated Exotics. Sao Paulo, Instituto Plantarum de Estuados da Flora Ltda. p 213
- NYBG herbarium "edible"
- A. F. C. P. de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. merid. 2:351. 1832
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- www.colecionandofrutas.org
