Camu Camu (Myrciaria dubia H. B. K.), belonging to the Myrtaceae family, is a wild shrub fruit from the Amazon.

Camu camu is a fruit with great genetic diversity, which has a high content of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) whose values are between 2,000 and 2,994 milligrams per 10 grams (mg / g) of fresh pulp.