Taxon:
Vaccinium meridionale Sw.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 62. 1788
Verified:
08/22/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
- Avila Dís-Granados, R. A. et al. 2009. Influence of mycorrhizal fungi on the rooting of stem and stolon cuttings of the Colombian blueberry (Vaccinium meridionale Swartz). Int. J. Fruit Sci. 9:372-384. Note: this study evaluated a protocol aimed to facilitate commercial propagation by cuttings of Vaccinium meridionale
- Garzón, G. A. et al. 2010. Chemical composition, anthocyanins, non-anthocyanin phenolics and antioxidant activity of wild bilberry (Vaccinium meridionale Swartz) from Colombia. Food Chem. 122:980-986.
- Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
- IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
- Ligarreto, G. A. et al. 2011. Phenotypic plasticity of Vaccinium meridionale (Ericaceae) in wild populations of mountain forests in Colombia. Revista Biol. Trop. 59:569-583.
- Luteyn, J. L. 1999. Páramos, a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 84:1-278.
- Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. 1989. Lost crops of the Incas. 219.
Common names
English
Andean blueberry – Colombian blueberry – Jamaican bilberry – Spanish
agraz – mortiño –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Anzoategui | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Aragua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Federal District | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Guarico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Lara | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Merida | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Miranda | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Monagas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Sucre | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Tachira | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | Trujillo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Jamaica
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela [Merida, Anzoategui, Aragua, Guarico, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre, Federal District, Lara, Tachira, Trujillo]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | beverage base | fide Lost Crops Incas 219. 1989 | Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. 1989. Lost crops of the Incas. 219. |
Human food | fruit | fide Lost Crops Incas 219. 1989 | Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. 1989. Lost crops of the Incas. 219. |