''Plinia martinellii'', commonly known as (little forest jabuticaba), is a species of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

in the family

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. It is

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to the

Atlantic Rainforest The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and the ...

in the state of

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. This small tree produces dark blue-black fruits, around 20mm in diameter.

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martinellii Crops originating from the Americas Crops originating from Brazil Tropical fruit Endemic flora of Brazil Fruits originating in South America Cauliflory Fruit trees Berries {{Myrtaceae-stub