Cavendishia grandifolia

Cavendishia grandifolia
Cavendishia grandifolia at the New York Botanical Garden
Conservation status
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]

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): 3548–3559. doi:10.1021/jf400515g. PMID   23547798.
3. Newman, Matt (March 2012). "Neotropical Blueberries". New York Botanical Garden.