Scholar comes from the word scolere, which means having gone to school:
Webster Dictionary:
Origin of SCHOLAR
Middle English scoler, from Old English scolere & Anglo-French escoler, from Medieval Latin scholaris, from Late Latin, of a school, from Latin schola school
First Known Use: before 12th century.
Full Definition of SCHOLAR
1
: a person who attends a school or studies under a teacher : pupil
2
a : a person who has done advanced study in a special field
b : a learned person
3
: a holder of a scholarship
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scholarOK if you want to think Helton is a scholar go ahead. You should tell him about it. He will get a good laugh i am sure.
On more interesting note, Uruguay blog says Plinia rivularis is native to Uruguay, but this area not mentioned as origin of Plinia rivularis in Lorenzi book, he only mentions Southern Brazil, Sao Paulo, and Minas Gerais, as the origin. Apparently fruit from Uruguay is also native to Argentina. So either these are 2 different fruits or points of origin are wrong.