Myrcia guildingiana
(Griseb.) E. Lucas & C. E. Lucas
Myrtaceae Edible: Fruit
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Description
A tropical shrub or small tree in the Myrtaceae family.
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Edible Uses
The pulp of the fruit is eaten.
Traditional Uses
The pulp of the fruit is eaten.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Antilles, Central America, French Guiana, Guyana, South America, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.,
Synonyms
Marlierea guildingiana Krug. & Urb.Plinia guildingiana Urb.Psidium guildingiana Griseb.
References (2)
- Johnson, M. and Colquhoun, A., 1996, Preliminary Ethnobotanical Survey of Kurupukari: An Amerindian Settlement of Central Guyana. Economic Botany, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 182-194
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 524
