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{{Short description|Tree in the family Plinia}}
{{taxobox
{{Distinguish|text=the ''[[Campomanesia phaea|cambuci]]'', another fruit}}
|image = Cambuca.jpg
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperm]]s
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicot]]s
|unranked_ordo = [[Rosid]]s
|ordo = [[Myrtales]]
|familia = [[Myrtaceae]]
|genus = ''[[Plinia]]''
|species = '''''P. edulis'''''
|binomial = ''Plinia edulis''
|binomial_authority =
|}}
{{Distinguish2|the ''[[Campomanesia phaea|cambuci]]'', another fruit}}
{{Redirect|Cambuca|the medieval game (etymologically unrelated<ref name=Oxf/>)|Golf#Origin}}
{{Redirect|Cambuca|the medieval game (etymologically unrelated<ref name=Oxf/>)|Golf#Origin}}
{{Expand Portuguese|date=December 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Cambuca.jpg
|genus = Plinia
|species = edulis
|authority = (Vell.) Sobral
|synonyms =
{{Plainlist | style = margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; |
*''Eugenia edulis'' <small>Vell.</small>
*''Eugenia plicato-costata'' <small>(O. Berg) Glaz.</small>
*''Marlierea edulis'' <small>Nied.</small>
*''Myrciaria edulis'' <small>(Vell.) Skeels</small>
*''Myrciaria plicatocostata'' <small>O.Berg [Illegitimate]</small>
*''Plinia plicatocostata'' <small>(O.Berg) Amshoff [Illegitimate]</small>
*''Rubachia glomerata'' <small>O.Berg</small>
}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-161364 |title=Plinia edulis (Vell.) Sobral |website=The Plant List |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref>
}}


'''''Plinia edulis''''' (formerly '''''Marlierea edulis''''') is a tree that grows wild in [[Brazil]] in the coastal [[rainforest]] regions around the Brazilian cities of [[São Paulo]] and [[Rio de Janeiro]]. The fruit's local name is '''cambucá''' while the tree is ''cambucaz[[wikt:-eiro|eiro]]''.
'''''Plinia edulis''''' (formerly '''''Marlierea edulis''''') is a tree that grows wild in [[Brazil]] in the coastal [[rainforest]] regions around the Brazilian cities of [[São Paulo]] and [[Rio de Janeiro]]. The fruit's local name is '''cambucá''' while the tree is ''cambucaz[[wikt:-eiro|eiro]]''.


The name is derived from an [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|indigenous]] word for [[jar]], ''cambuci'', due to the tree's fruit resembling a type of water container, which some would say is "flying saucer"-shaped.<ref name=Oxf>''Oxford Companion to Food'' (1999) "Cambuca" p.&nbsp;127.</ref>
The name is derived from an [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|indigenous]] word for [[jar]], ''cambuci'', due to the tree's fruit resembling a type of water container, which some would say is "flying saucer"-shaped.<ref name=Oxf>''Oxford Companion to Food'' (1999) "Cambuca" p.&nbsp;127.</ref>


The fruit's coloration is yellowy-green, size is 6&nbsp;cm in diameter and taste is sweet-sour. Cambuca fruit taste resemble light combination of [[mango]] and [[papaya]]. A member of the [[Myrtus|myrtle]] and [[eucalyptus]] family, the tree can grow to a height of thirty feet, and propagation is by seed.
The fruit's coloration is yellowy-green, size is 6&nbsp;cm in diameter and taste is sweet-sour. Cambuca fruit taste resemble light combination of [[mango]] and [[papaya]]. A member of the [[Myrtus|myrtle]] and [[eucalyptus]] family, the tree can grow to a height of thirty feet, and propagation is by seed.


[[File:Cambucá.jpg|thumb|left|Cambuca fruits]]
[[File:Cambucá.jpg|thumb|left|Cambuca fruits]]

==External links==
*{{pt icon}} [http://www.arvores.brasil.nom.br/cambuc1/ Árvores do Brasil]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
[[Category:Plinia]]
*{{in lang|pt}} [http://www.arvores.brasil.nom.br/cambuc1/ Árvores do Brasil]

{{Taxonbar|from=Q7204983}}

[[Category:Plinia|edulis]]
[[Category:Trees of Brazil]]
[[Category:Trees of Brazil]]
[[Category:Cauliflory]]





Latest revision as of 15:40, 27 July 2021

Plinia edulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Plinia
Species:
P. edulis
Binomial name
Plinia edulis
(Vell.) Sobral
Synonyms[2]
  • Eugenia edulis Vell.
  • Eugenia plicato-costata (O. Berg) Glaz.
  • Marlierea edulis Nied.
  • Myrciaria edulis (Vell.) Skeels
  • Myrciaria plicatocostata O.Berg [Illegitimate]
  • Plinia plicatocostata (O.Berg) Amshoff [Illegitimate]
  • Rubachia glomerata O.Berg

Plinia edulis (formerly Marlierea edulis) is a tree that grows wild in Brazil in the coastal rainforest regions around the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The fruit's local name is cambucá while the tree is cambucazeiro.

The name is derived from an indigenous word for jar, cambuci, due to the tree's fruit resembling a type of water container, which some would say is "flying saucer"-shaped.[1]

The fruit's coloration is yellowy-green, size is 6 cm in diameter and taste is sweet-sour. Cambuca fruit taste resemble light combination of mango and papaya. A member of the myrtle and eucalyptus family, the tree can grow to a height of thirty feet, and propagation is by seed.

Cambuca fruits

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Oxford Companion to Food (1999) "Cambuca" p. 127.
  2. ^ "Plinia edulis (Vell.) Sobral". The Plant List. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

External links[edit]