Common Name: Uva Camarona

General Information

Macleania rupestris is an epiphytic or terrestrial shrub, growing from 0.6 - 2 metres tall, often with climbing branches up to 6 metres long[]. Rarely, the plant adopts the habit of a small tree[]. The plant often has a basal lignotuber up to 1 metre in diameter[].
The edible fruit is much appreciated by local people[]. It is gathered from the wild, and the plant is sometimes also cultivated for these fruits, which are sold in local markets[, ].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

S. America - Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, through Central America to Nicaragua.

Habitat

Lower montane dry forest, premontane dry and wet forest, montane moist, wet and rainforest, subalpine rainforest, Polylepis forest, to humid páramo, at elevations of 2,000 - 4,267 metres[].

Properties

Edibility Rating
Medicinal Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Shrub
Height	2.00 m
Pollinators	Humming birds
Cultivation Status	Cultivated, Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked[]. The soft, delicate, juicy pulp has a sweet, agreeable flavour[]. The fruit can be sweet or insipid[]. The round fruit is about 12 - 15mm in diameter[].

Medicinal

The fruit is eaten fresh in the treatment of lung trouble[]. A decoction of the fruit is used for the treatment of nerves[].

The leaves are used as a hot poultice on bruises[].

Other Uses

The wood is used for fuel[].

Propagation

Seed -

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