“…Its fruit can be consumed in natura or in the form of juice, ice cream, popsicles, candy, or liqueur (Bardiviesso, Maruyama, Reis, Modesto, & Rezende, 2011). In addition, studies have demonstrated the species to have medicinal properties including anti-inflammatory, antihyperalgesic and antidepressant actions (Souza et al, 2014), antimicrobial (Sá et al, 2018), as well as antidiarrheal (Lescano et al, 2016) and antileukemic activity, thus demonstrating therapeutic potential for diseases associated with the proliferation of tumor cells (Campos et al, 2017).…”