Taxon: Myrciaria floribunda (H. West ex Willd.) O. Berg

Summary

Genus:

Myrciaria

Family:

Myrtaceae

Subfamily:

Myrtoideae

Tribe:

Myrteae

Nomen number:

24832

Place of publication:

Linnaea 27:330. 1856

Verified:

03/16/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Eugenia floribunda H. West ex Willd.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana.
Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Frohlich, D. & A. Lau. 2014. New plant records for the Hawaiian Islands 2012–2013. Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 115:11.
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia
Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
McVaugh, R. 1969. Myrtaceae. In "The botany of the Guayana Highland - Part VIII" by B. Maguire and collaborators. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18(2):233.
Segura, S. et al. 2018. The edible fruit species in Mexico. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 65:1767-1793. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-018-0652-3. Note: not cultivated in Mexico; extracted from the wild
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:805.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
Portuguese (Brazil)	camboim	2	Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
Portuguese (Brazil)	cambuí	2	Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
Portuguese (Brazil)	cambuim	2	Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
Portuguese (Brazil)	cambuí-vermelho	2	Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
Spanish (Cuba)	mije colorado	2	Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
Spanish (Mexico)	jicarita	2	Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
Spanish (Mexico)	rayanillo	2	Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
Spanish (Peru)	arrayán	2	Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
Spanish (Peru)	carapacho	2	Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
Spanish (Venezuela)	guayabil	2	Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:805.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:805.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:805.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:805.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:805.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:805.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:805.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán		Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:805.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Acre		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Alagoas		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amazonas		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Bahia		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Goiás		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso do Sul		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraná		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pernambuco		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondônia		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Roraima		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Santa Catarina		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua		Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles	South St. Martin
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles	St. Eustatius
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts		Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia			Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia			Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru		e.	Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii		Frohlich, D. & A. Lau. 2014. New plant records for the Hawaiian Islands 2012–2013. Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 115:11.

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Netherlands Antilles [South St. Martin, St. Eustatius], Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Cuba, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts and Nevis [Saint Kitts], Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru (e.)

Naturalized
Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis. 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Frohlich, D. & A. Lau. 2014. New plant records for the Hawaiian Islands 2012–2013. Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 115:11.
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia
Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:805.
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	beverage base		Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations
Human food	fruit		Lemos, E. E. P. et al. 2018. Myrciaria floribunda. Cambuí. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 205-216. Note: a species cultivated for its fruits consumed fresh or pulp processed as marmelades or beverages; in Brazil mostly extracted from wild populations

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24832. Accessed 12 May 2026.