[5][3] It is native to Central and South America, Mexico, and the West Indies, with many of the species endemic to Brazil.

[4] Common names include hivapuru, sabará, and ybapuru.

The jaboticabas are a significant commercial fruit in Brazil.

The fruit is grapelike in size and appearance, and often likened to a muscadine grape in taste.

Myrciaria dubia, the camu-camu berry, is grown primarily in flood-zone areas of Peru and has one of the highest vitamin C (ascorbic acid) concentrations of any fruit, alongside Terminalia ferdinandiana.