Myrciaria alta
Camu-Camu
Myrciaria dubia
(Kunth) McVaugh Species
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- Botanical name
- Myrciaria dubia
- Also known as
- Camu-Camu
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Myrciaria
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Camu-Camu
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Myrciaria dubia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Eugenia divaricata
Eugenia grandiglandulosa
Marlierea macedoi
Myrciaria caurensis
Myrciaria divaricata
Myrciaria lanceolata
Myrciaria lanceolata var. angustifolia
Myrciaria lanceolata var. glomerata
Myrciaria lanceolata var. laxa
Myrciaria obscura
Myrciaria paraensis
Myrciaria phillyreoides
Myrciaria riedeliana
Myrciaria spruceana
Myrtus phillyreoides
Psidium dubium
Others in Myrciaria
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