Cavendishia grandifolia

Cavendishia grandifolia is a species of woody perennial plant of the genus Cavendishia in the family Ericaceae. It is native to Ecuador. Its fruit, commonly known as neotropical blueberries, are edible.[2][3]

Cavendishia grandifolia
Cavendishia grandifolia at the New York Botanical Garden

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Cavendishia
Species:
C. grandifolia
Binomial name
Cavendishia grandifolia
Hoerold (1909)[1]

References

  1. "Cavendishia grandifolia Hoerald". Tropicos. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  2. Ma, Chunhui; Dastmaichi, Keyvan; Flores, Gema; Wu, Shibiao; Pedraza-Penalosa, Paola; Long, Chunlin; Kennelly, Edward J. (April 2013). "Antioxidant and Metabolite Profiling of North American and Neotropical Blueberries Using LC-TOF-MS and Multivariate Analyses". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61 (14). doi:10.1021/jf400515g.
  3. Newman, Matt (March 2012). "Neotropical Blueberries". New York Botanical Garden.
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