Myrciaria pilosa

Myrciaria pilosa, commonly known as cambucá do sertão (interior cambucá) is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae.^[2] It is endemic to the stateofCeará 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.^[3]

Myrciaria pilosa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
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

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.^[4]

^ "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: 1–5. doi:10.1080/14786419.2020.1837805. PMID 33107338.

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