Mortiño

Description

The wild agrac ( Vaccinium meridionale ), also called mortiño , camueza or vichacha in some places where it is grown, 2 is a plant of the Ericaceae family of blueberries . Known as forest fruit , previously considered as a scrub, the agrarian is now estimated by the antioxidant values of its fruit, given its high content of anthocyanins . It is a shrub that can measure from 1.50 to 7 m in height. The leaves are simple, alternate, elliptical to oval in shape, coriaceous, with slightly apiculated acute apex, cuneate base and crenate margin. The flowers are tetrameric or sometimes pentameric, with a white or pink or red spotted corolla . The inflorescence is in cluster, producing 10 to 15 flowers per bunch. The fruits are round berries , approximately 1.2 cm in diameter, green in the growth stage and dark red wine (giving the appearance of black or violet) when it reaches maturity and acid taste.