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Plinia yasuniana
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Plinia yasuniana is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the understory of the Amazonian rainforest in Yasuni National Park in north-east Ecuador. The plant is a shrub that grows to between 1 and 3 metres tall. It produces cauliflorous, white flowers around 4 to 6mm long and edible, yellow fruits around 30mm in diameter, between August and November. It is named after the national park in which it was discovered in 2009.
- Family
- Myrtaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Plinia yasuniana
- Slug
- plinia-yasuniana
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Plinia
- Species
- yasuniana
- Wikidata QID
- Q6080742
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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