Myrciaria pilosa

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endangered perennial medicinal 2024 1977

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Home Plants angiosperms myrtales myrtaceae myrciaria Myrciaria pilosa

Sobral & Couto

2006

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Myrciaria pilosa, commonly known as cambucá do sertão (interior cambucá) is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the state of Ceará in the north-east of Brazil. The plant is a small tree that grows to between 1.5 and 2 metres tall, and produces edible, red, spherical fruit round 20mm in diameter. Research has shown that the essential oil from the leaves of this plant has potential as an antimicrobial drug to control infection by multi-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus....read more on Wikipedia.

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