Campomanesia pubescens
StarCampomanesia pubescens
Synonyms: Campomanesia campestris, Campomanesia fusca, Campomanesia obversa var. perforata, Campomanesia gomesiana, Britoa eriantha, Campomanesia salviifolia, Campomanesia discolor, Campomanesia warmingiana, Campomanesia trichosepala, Campomanesia fusca var. stricta, Campomanesia salviifolia var. angustifolia, Campomanesia obversa, Campomanesia houlletii, Campomanesia affinis, Campomanesia erosa, Abbevillea widgreniana, Campomanesia obversa var. angustifolia, Campomanesia australis, Campomanesia rugosa, Campomanesia yerutiensis, Campomanesia ovalifolia, Campomanesia bracteolata, Campomanesia heterophylla, Campomanesia pubescens var. coarctata, Campomanesia paranensis, Campomanesia ovalifolia var. venulosa, Psidium erianthum, Campomanesia cuneata, Psidium suaveolens, Psidium erosum, Campomanesia discolor var. oppositifolia, Campomanesia virescens, Campomanesia widgreniana, Campomanesia pohliana, Campomanesia rhytidophylla, Campomanesia salviifolia var. latifolia, Campomanesia fusca var. subtriflora, Campomanesia discolor var. paranensis, Psidium corymbosum f. angustifolium, Campomanesia reticulata, Psidium obversum, Campomanesia dimorpha, Campomanesia corymbosa, Campomanesia apiculata, Campomanesia fusca var. erosa, Campomanesia eriantha, Campomanesia suaveolens, Campomanesia obversa var. latifolia, Campomanesia lanceolata, Campomanesia fusca var. integra, Campomanesia pubescens var. effusa, Campomanesia hassleri, Campomanesia diversifolia, Psidium pubescens, Psidium corymbosum, Campomanesia discolor var. alternifolia
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Botanical Description
Campomanesia pubescens, known in Brazil as guavira, gabiroba, or guabiroba-do-cerrado, is a small evergreen shrub or subshrub of the Myrtaceae characteristic of the Brazilian cerrado and adjacent open savanna habitats in central and south-eastern South America. Plants typically grow 0.5-2 m tall from a deep xylopodium (an underground woody storage organ) that enables vigorous resprouting after the seasonal fires of the cerrado. The opposite, simple leaves are 4-9 cm long, ovate to elliptic, with both surfaces densely covered in soft greyish or rusty pubescence — hence the epithet pubescens — and prominently pinnate venation visible against translucent oil-gland dots typical of Myrtaceae. Solitary or paired axillary flowers have four to five free white petals, numerous slender stamens, and a single inferior multiloculate ovary. The fruit is a small globose berry 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, ripening yellow-green to yellow, with a juicy, aromatic, slightly resinous flesh enclosing several reniform seeds; it is widely gathered and eaten fresh or used in juices, ice creams, and liqueurs across the Brazilian cerrado region.
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