卡姆果(Myrciaria dubia)是桃金孃科的一種常綠灌木,原產於秘魯的亞馬遜河熱帶雨林。卡姆果自生於河畔,樹高約3米,花白色有芳香。卡姆果的果實外表類似櫻桃,含有豐富的維他命C。卡姆果的果實在其原產地被當地居民廣泛食用,近年也開始大規模在世界市場上種植流通。卡姆果適合在炎熱潮濕的熱帶地區種植,成長需要大量水分。
參考資料
- Penn, J.W., Jr. 2006. The cultivation of camu camu (Myrciaria dubia): A tree planting programme in the Peruvian Amazon. Forests, Trees, and Livelihoods. Vol. 16 (1), pp. 85–101.
外部連結
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120312025937/http://www.rainforestconservation.org/agroforestry-ethnobotany/agroforestry-ethnobotany/myrciaria-dubia-camu-camu Conservation issues] with pictures of the tree, fruits, and harvest method.
- [http://www.rain-tree.com/camu.htm Tropical Plant Database]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090411181947/http://sun.ars-grin.gov:8080/npgspub/xsql/duke/plantdisp.xsql?taxon=1241 Myrciaria dubia List of Chemicals (Dr. Duke's Database)]
- For extensive information on how food safety-inspired EU legislation has emerged as a market access barrier for camu camu and other underused plant species, see https://web.archive.org/web/20061009042810/http://www.underutilized-species.org/eu.asp
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