Cavendishia grandifolia

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Cavendishia grandifolia
C. grandifolia at the New York Botanical Garden
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C. grandifolia

Hoerold (1909) [1]

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]

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.