The Camu camu (Myrciaria dubia), also known as CamuCamu, Cacari, and Camocamo, is a small (approx. 3 m tall) bushy river side tree from the Amazon rain forest region of Peru and Brazil, which bears a red/purple cherry like fruit. Its small flowers have waxy white petals and sweet smelling aroma. It has bushy feathery foliage. The evergreen, opposite leaves are lanceolate to elliptic. Individual leaves are 3 - 20 cm in length and 1 - 2 cm wide. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families See text. ... Genera 130; see list The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. ... Binomial name Myrciaria dubia (H.B.K.) Mc Vaugh. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... The metre, or meter, is a measure of length, approximately equal to 3. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... A river in the Amazon rainforest The Amazon is a rainforest in South America. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ...

It is a close relative of the Jaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora) and the Guavaberry or Rumberry (Myrciaria floribunda). Binomial name Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart. ... Binomial name Myrciaria floribunda The guavaberry or rumberry (Myrciaria floribunda or Eugenia Floribunda) is a fruit tree which grows in the Caribbean. ... Binomial name Myrciaria floribunda {{{author}}} The guavaberry or rumberry (Myrciaria floribunda or Eugenia Floribunda) is a fruit tree which grows in the Caribbean. ...

Description

dried Camu-Camu seeds

Long used by native peoples, wild camu-camu is harvested directly into canoes. The fruit has only recently come into large-scale cultivation and sale to the world market with Japan being the major buyer. It is relatively easy to cultivate. It survives best in hot, damp tropical climates but will grow in the subtropics, surviving temperatures down to just above freezing. It requires copious water and withstands flooding. Trees begin to bear fruit after about 4 to 6 years. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1185 KB) Summary Dried Camu-Camu seeds with 5 euro-cent and 1 peruvian Sol Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Camu Camu Metadata This... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1185 KB) Summary Dried Camu-Camu seeds with 5 euro-cent and 1 peruvian Sol Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Camu Camu Metadata This...

Its fruit contains about 2800 mg of Vitamin C per 100 g of fruit, or almost 60 times the concentration of oranges. Chemical structure of vitamin C Vitamin C is a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, used by the human body for many purposes. ...

Uses

The nutritious pulp has a citrus taste and is traditionally prepared into a refreshing drink . It is more recently also used in, ice creams, sweets, etc. Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ...

Processed powder from the fruit pulp is beginning to be sold in the west as a health food in loose powder or capsule form. In addition to the high vitamin C content it contains the amino acids valine, leucine and serine, and is also rich in flavonoids. An amino acid residue is what is left of an amino acid once a molecule of water has been lost (an H+ from the nitrogenous side and an OH- from the carboxylic side) in the formation of a peptide bond. ... Valine is one of the 20 natural amino acids, and is coded for in DNA. Nutritionally, valine is also an essential amino acid. ... Leucine is one of the 20 most common amino acids and coded for by DNA. It is isomeric with isoleucine. ... Serine is one of the 20 natural amino acids. ... Molecular structure of flavone The term flavonoid refers to a class of plant secondary metabolites based around a phenylbenzopyrone structure. ...

Conservation issues

Currently, the over-harvesting of wild camu-camu threatens to make it an endangered species. Efforts are underway to encourage the commercial growing of camu-camu in the Amazon River Basin. see links. The endangered Sea Otter An endangered species is a population of organisms (frequently but not always a taxonomic species) which is either (a) so few in number or (b) threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters that it is at risk of becoming extinct. ... Length 6,296 km Elevation of the source 5,597 m Average discharge 219,000 m³/s Area watershed 6,915,000 km² Origin Nevado Mismi Mouth Atlantic Ocean Basin countries Brazil (62. ...

External links

• Photo of the fruit
• Conservation issues with pictures of the tree, fruits and harvest method.
• Tropical Plant Database