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Guaquica or ibá-cuíca
Myrciaria guaquiea
About
Myrciaria guaquiea, commonly known as guaquica or ibá-cuíca, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree, endemic to the east of Brazil. The plant grows up to between 4 and 7 metres tall, and produces edible yellow fruits between 20 and 25mm in diameter. Consumed raw, the fruit has been described as tasting similar to Myrciaria glazioviana.
- Family
- Myrtaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Myrciaria guaquiea
- Slug
- myrciaria-guaquiea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Myrciaria
- Species
- guaquiea
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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