Rooting of the Endemic Brazilian Species Campomanesia pubescens using Biotechnological Techniques

摘要

Campomanesia pubescens is a species from the Myrtaceae family, found in the Cerrado, Brazil. Popularly known as gabirobeira (Crispim et al. 2018), it is a fruit shrub tree, and its fruits are consumed in natura as well as manufacturing of pastries and liqueurs. It is widely used for reforestation of degraded areas. Locally it is also used for charcoal and firewood production. Furthermore, their leaves have medicinal properties, most commonly used in folk medicine to combat diarrhea, fever, scurvy and diseases of the urinary tract (Catelan et al. 2018).