Yellow cambui
Myrciaria delicatula

Family: Myrtaceae

What it is like

A tree. It grows 4-10 m high. The trunk is crooked and 20-30 cm across. The leaf blades are narrowly oval and 3-3.5 cm long by 0.5 cm wide. The flowers do not have stalks and occur as 1 or 2 in the axils of leaves. The fruit are round and 1 cm across. They turn black when ripe.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Bolivia, Brazil, South America

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Plants are grown from seeds. The seeds are collected from fallen ripe fruit and allowed to partly decompose by putting in a plastic bag before the seeds are washed under running water. Seeds need to be planted fresh. Seedlings emerge in 30-40 days.

Its other names

Local names

Camboinzinho, Cambui amarelo, Cambuizeiro, Pitanga miri

Synonyms

Eugenia delicatula DC.; Eugenia deliculata var. conferta Kiaersk.; Eugenia maschalantha Kiaersk.; Luma maschalantha (O. Berg) Herter; Myrciaria linearifolia O. Berg.; Myrciaria macrocarpa Usteri; Myrciaria maschalantha (Kiaersk.) Mattos & D. Legrand; Paramyrciaria delicatula (DC.) Kausel; and others