Summary
Place of publication:
Fieldiana, Bot. 29:501. 1963
Verified:
03/16/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
- Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
- IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- 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):232.
- Villachica, H. 1996. El cultivo del camu camu en la amazonia peruana. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 1993- 46:1-95.
- Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorias de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 1993- 44:75-83.
- Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Common names
English
camu-camu – Portuguese
arazá-de-água – Swedish
camu-camu –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Para | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rondonia | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Amazonas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Bolivar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Loreto | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Ucayali | |
Native
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Amazonas, Para, Rondonia]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela [Amazonas, Bolivar]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Peru [Loreto, Ucayali]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | beverage base | | Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorias de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 1993- 44:75-83. |
Human food | potential as fruit | | Villachica, H. 1996. Frutales y hortalizas promisorias de la amazonia. Tratado de Cooperacion Amazonica. 1993- 44:75-83. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401456.
Accessed 5 October 2024.