Eugenia florida Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eugenia

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 5-10 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are opposite. Young leaves are red. The leaves are papery and smooth on both sides. They are 5-8 cm long. The flowers are in groups in the axils of the leaves. The fruit are round, smooth and shiny. They are 1-2 cm across. The pulp is thin and slightly acid.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 6.5 - 9.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Found in a wide range of forest types, favouring secondary formations where it is found mainly on slopes and in the bottoms of valleys where the soil is deep and fertile.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests throughout Brazil.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses charcoal wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Eugenia florida world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Eugenia florida threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:594452-1
WFO ID wfo-0000957329
COL ID 3C4QL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734400
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Synonyms

Myrcia doloresensis Eugenia coloradoensis Eugenia florida Eugenia gardneriana Eugenia membranacea Eugenia oligoneura Eugenia patula Eugenia perorebi Eugenia melanosticta Eugenia seriatoracemosa Eugenia sylvatica Eugenia tinge-lingua Eugenia umbraticola Myrcia racemosa Myrcia supraaxillaris Eugenia atropunctata Eugenia racemifera Eugenia atropunctata var. gracilis Eugenia atropunctata var. robusta Eugenia gardneriana var. depauperata Eugenia gardneriana var. dives Eugenia gardneriana var. ovata Eugenia gardneriana var. rigida Eugenia moraviana var. gardneriana