Eugenia mabaeoides Wight

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eugenia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. The trunk is short and greenish. Young shoot are hairy. The leaves can be spoon shaped or narrowly oval. They taper to a wedge shaped base. The flowers are pale green and cup shaped. They are in groups of 1-3 in the axils of leaves. The fruit si succulent and bright red.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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A tropical plant. It grows in the understorey in mountain forest.
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Edible fruits
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:594986-1
WFO ID wfo-0000957944
COL ID 6H8CK
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Synonyms

Eugenia mabaeoides

Lower taxons

Eugenia mabaeoides subsp. mabaeoides Eugenia mabaeoides subsp. pedunculata