Best Myrtaceae

Feijoa, or pineapple guava, is the fruit of Acca sellowiana, an evergreen shrub or small tree in the myrtle family. Native to parts of southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina, it is cultivated in subtropical and mild temperate regions, including New Zealand. The green, egg-shaped...

Grumichama, Eugenia brasiliensis, is an evergreen fruit tree in the myrtle family native to Brazil's Atlantic Forest region. It produces small, round fruits that ripen from green through red to dark purple or nearly black, with pale, juicy flesh surrounding one or more seeds. The fruit is eaten fres...

Chilean guava, murta, or murtilla is an evergreen shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, native to southern Chile and adjacent parts of Argentina. Ugni molinae produces small, aromatic berries that ripen from pale pink to red or purple and can be eaten fresh or made into jams, desserts, and liqueurs...

Cambucá is the fruit of Plinia edulis, an evergreen tree in the myrtle family native to Brazil's Atlantic Forest. The rounded fruit develops a yellow to orange rind and contains a soft, juicy pulp surrounding one or more seeds; it is eaten fresh and may also be used in juices or preserves. The speci...

Java plum, jamun, or Syzygium cumini is an evergreen tree in the myrtle family, native to the Indian subcontinent and parts of tropical Asia. It produces oblong fruits that ripen from green through reddish purple to deep purple or nearly black, with juicy, astringent flesh surrounding a seed. The fr...

A tropical tree native to the Malay Peninsula producing bell-shaped, waxy, crisp fruits widely cultivated across Thailand, Taiwan, and Indonesia.

A rainforest tree endemic to eastern Australia producing small pink-red berries eaten by Aboriginal Australians and now featured in commercial bush food products.

A tropical shrub native to South America bearing distinctive ribbed red-to-black berries with a sweet-tart flavor, now naturalized across tropical regions worldwide.

A low-growing groundcover native to southern Australia producing small apple-flavored berries that were a staple food for Aboriginal peoples of South Australia.

A low-growing shrub endemic to coastal eastern Australia, midyim berry produces sweet white-speckled fruits long consumed as bush tucker by Aboriginal Australians.

A small Caribbean and Central American tree whose tangy, dark berries are traditionally fermented into a spiced rum liqueur central to Virgin Islands holiday culture.

An Australian rainforest tree in the myrtle family producing purple to red berries long consumed by Aboriginal Australians and used in commercial bush food cuisine.

A small dark berry from a Chilean and Argentine myrtle tree, used in Andean cooking and traditionally fermented into chicha in Patagonian communities.

A small, tart berry from Amazonian riverbanks in Peru and Brazil, notable for containing one of the highest concentrations of natural vitamin C of any known fruit.

A coastal shrub native to Queensland and the Northern Territory, cedar bay cherry produces small edible red fruits belonging to the Myrtaceae family.