| Myrciaria pilosa | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Myrciaria |
| Species: | M. pilosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrciaria pilosa Sobral & Couto | |
Myrciaria pilosa, commonly known as cambucá do sertão (interior cambucá) is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the state of Ceará in the north-east of Brazil. The plant is a small tree that grows to between 1.5 and 2 metres tall, and produces edible, red, spherical fruit round 20mm in diameter.
Research has shown that the essential oil from the leaves of this plant has potential as an antimicrobial drug to control infection by multi-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus.
References
- "Myrciaria pilosa Sobral & Couto". gbif.org. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- "Myrciaria pilosa Sobral & Couto". The Plant List. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- "Frutíferas Myrciaria pilosa / cambucá-do-sertão". e-jardim.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- Kennedy Costa, Wêndeo; Ohana da Costa Gomes, Nandara; Souza Dos Santos, Bruno; Macêdo Bezerra Filho, Clóvis; Macário de Oliveira, Alisson; Cláudia da Silva, Graziela; Oliveira de Veras, Bruno; Granja da Silva Oliveira, Fernanda; César Ribeiro de Oliveira Farias de Aguiar, Júlio; Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro, Daniela; Tereza Dos Santos Correia, Maria; Vanusa da Silva, Márcia (October 27, 2020). "First report on the chemical composition of leaf essential oil of Myrciaria pilosa Sobral & Couto and its antimicrobial and antivirulence activities against Staphylococcus aureus". Nat Prod Res. 36 (9): 2429–2433. doi:10.1080/14786419.2020.1837805. PMID 33107338.
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| Myrciaria pilosa | |
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