Plant Wiki

The open plant encyclopedia

Know any plant.
Grow it well.

Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.

  • 13,000+plants with full pages
  • 365,000+plant species worldwide
  • 220+countries covered

Common in

See all

The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.

What do you want to do?

Popular plants

Browse all plants

See them in 3D

All plants in 3D

Browse plants

Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.

Plant Wiki › Browse plants

Myrciaria glomerata

Myrciaria glomerata
Photo: Juan Júnio Rodrigues de Andrade, Public domain

Myrciaria glomerata, known as red cabeludinha, is an evergreen shrub or small tree from north and east Brazil that grows up to 8 m and bears edible red fruits. It is a species in the Myrtle family and is grown mainly for its fruit in warm, seasonally dry climates.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or a rich potting mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
N. & E. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Myrciaria glomerata, commonly known as cabeludinha-vermelha (red cabeludinha) or cabeluda-escarlate (scarlet cabeluda), is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree, endemic to the north and east of Brazil. Myrciaria glomerata has historically been used to incorrectly describe Myrciaria glazioviana.

Other Myrciaria plants

Myrciaria alagoana · Myrciaria alta · False tamarisk · Myrciaria cambuca · Myrciaria cordata · Myrciaria cuspidata · Myrciaria delicatula · Myrciaria disticha · Camu-Camu in pito · Myrciaria evanida · Myrciaria ferruginea · Guavaberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrciaria glomerata 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.

Credits & terms

Identify a plant

Point at a leaf or flower and snap. One plant in frame works best.

Your photo
Starting camera…