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Myrciaria una

Myrciaria una is a small tree or treelet from north-eastern Brazil, described in 2019 and previously confused with Myrciaria ferruginea. It produces edible-looking dark purple to black fruit and grows in the understorey of Atlantic coastal forest.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly during growth and let the top layer of soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, slightly acidic to neutral soil enriched with organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
NE. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Myrciaria una is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. First described in 2019, it is a tree or treelet with blackish fruit, and was previously misidentified as Myrciaria ferruginea.

Where it grows

Myrciaria una is endemic to the subcanopy of the atlantic coastal forest in the states of Ceará, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Bahia in north-eastern Brazil.

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 una 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.

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