Gaultheria bradeana

Description

A small shrub. It lies along the ground. It grows 20 cm tall. It has underground stems or rhizomes. The leaves are oblong to oval and broadest above the middle. They are 0.6-1.5 cm long by 0.3-0.6 cm wide. The fruit are 4-6 mm across and blue-black.

Edible Uses

The fruit is edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in cloud forests between 1,650-2,500 m above sea level in southern Brazil.

Where It Grows

Brazil, South America,

Also Known As

Urz de brade, Urze de brade

References (1)

• 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 383

More from Ericaceae

Arctostaphylos patula

Greenleaf manzanita

Arctostaphylos pringlei

Stickleaf Manzanita

Arctostaphylos pungens

Pointleaf manzanita

Arctostaphylos rubra

Red alpine bearberry

Arctostaphylos stanfordiana

Stanford's Manzanita, Myacoma manzanita

Arctostaphylos tomentosa

Downy manzanita, Woolly manzanita