Myrciaria dubious , or Camu Kama ( lat. Myrciaria dubia ) is a small evergreen densely grown tree , a species of the Myrciaria family of the Myrta family, growing in the tropical forests of the Amazon lowlands, along the banks of rivers, in Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Bolivia and Peru . Myrciaria dubia is a close relative of Jaboticaba ( Myrciaria caulifloria ) and Rum berry ( Myrciaria floribunda ).
| Mirtsiariya doubtful |
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| The kingdom : | Green plants |
| View: | Mirtsiariya doubtful |
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Myrciaria dubia L. |
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In recent years, cultivated for edible red-purple fruits .
The tree reaches a height of 3-5 m, blooms with small flowers with white wax petals and sweet aroma. The leaves are lanceolate-elliptical, up to 20 cm long. The fruits of the tree have a pleasant sour taste and a special aroma. Their reddish pigment gives a unique attractive pink color to the juice extracted from them.
Kama-Kama fruits are very rich in vitamin C , amino acids ( leucine and serine ), antioxidant flavonoids and other polyphenols [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] , so the people of Amazonia used them for food and medicine for a long time . Mice fed red-violet fruits to Kama-Kama in food with high fat and sugar content gained 50 percent less weight and avoided obesity [7] [8] .
