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Myrciaria cambuca is a small shrub from the Atlantic coastal forest of eastern Brazil, reaching up to 3 m, with reddish fruit. It was described only in 2019 and was previously confused with Myrciaria ferruginea. Care is not well documented, so it is best grown warm and humid with steady moisture.
Myrciaria cambuca, named after its common name cambucá, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. First described in 2019, it is a small shrub with reddish fruit, and was previously misidentified as Myrciaria ferruginea.
Myrciaria cambuca is endemic to the subcanopy of the atlantic coastal forest of eastern Brazil, between the states of Paraíba and Espírito Santo.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrciaria cambuca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
