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Miconia chaetodon

Naudin

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Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department

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Description

A tropical shrub in the Melastomataceae family with edible fruit.

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Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

South America, Venezuela,

References (1)

  • Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 215

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