Myrciaria una is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. First described in 2019, it is a tree or treelet with blackish fruit, and was previously misidentified as Myrciaria ferruginea.
Etymology From , the Tupi word for black, referring to the colour of the fruit.
Description Myrciaria una is a tree that reaches between tall. Its leaves are opposite, between long and between wide. The plant produces purplish to blackish fruit up to in diameter, with up to two seeds.
Distribution Myrciaria una is endemic to the subcanopy of the atlantic coastal forest in the states of Ceará, Pernambuco, Alagoas and Bahia in north-eastern Brazil.
Conservation status It has been proposed that Myrciaria una is endangered, due to farming, urban expansion, and the historical fragmentation of the Atlantic coastal rainforest in north-eastern Brazil.
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