''Corema'' is a genus of two species
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Ericaceae. They are
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
small shrubs.
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Species
* '' Corema album'' (L.) D. Don ex Steud. '' Corema album'' is also known for it common name ''Camarinha'' or Portuguese crowberry
''Corema album'', the Portuguese crowberry (Portuguese: ''camarinha''; Spanish: ''camarina''; Galician: camariña), is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and the Azores, where it may be consider ...
. The drupe
In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the ''pit'', ''stone'', or '' pyrena'') of hardened endocarp with a seed (''kernel'') ...
of this subspecies is white when ripe, and it is edible. The shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
grows to 1 meter, on average, and its branches have a honey-like aroma.[Revista Quercus Ambiente - Setembro/Outubro de 2009, p. 26]
* ''Corema conradii
''Corema conradii'' is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common name broom crowberry. It is native to eastern North America, where it has a disjunct distribution, occurring intermittently from Nova Scotia to Massachu ...
'' (Torr.) Torr. ex Loudon
References
Ericaceae genera
Ericoideae
Dioecious plants
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