Plinia cauliflora(Mart.) Kausel

jaboticaba

WFO wfo-0000278887 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Plinia cauliflora, photographed by Filipi Miranda Soares
fig. a Filipi Miranda Soares, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-03-27 / obs. 117846903
Plinia cauliflora, photographed by Adelino Neto
fig. b Adelino Neto, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 87883854
Plinia cauliflora, photographed by Bruno Henrique Aranda
fig. c Bruno Henrique Aranda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157365096
Plinia cauliflora, photographed by Eduardo Chacón Madrigal
fig. d Eduardo Chacón Madrigal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118731375
Plinia cauliflora, photographed by E. Goossen
fig. e E. Goossen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89297201
Plinia cauliflora, photographed by Carrie Seltzer
fig. f Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 11841919
Plinia cauliflora, photographed by Carrie Seltzer
fig. g Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 11841920
Plinia cauliflora, photographed by Sidney Alves Tadeu
fig. h Sidney Alves Tadeu, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 165789404

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Plinia cauliflora is native: Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast BoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil Southeast
Native distribution of Plinia cauliflora, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Eugenia cauliflora (Mart.) DC.
  • Eugenia guapurium DC.
  • Eugenia jaboticaba (Vell.) Kiaersk.
  • Guapurium peruvianum Juss. ex J.F.Gmel.
  • Myrcia jaboticaba (Vell.) Baill.
  • Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) O.Berg
  • Myrciaria gnapurium O.Berg
  • Myrciaria jaboticaba (Vell.) O.Berg
  • Myrciaria peruviana (Juss. ex J.F.Gmel.) Mattos
  • Myrtus cauliflora Mart.
  • Myrtus jaboticaba Vell.
  • Plinia jaboticaba (Vell.) Kausel
  • Plinia peruviana (Juss. ex J.F.Gmel.) Govaerts

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol MYCA9. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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