Eugenia monticola Dc.

Birdcherry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eugenia

Characteristics

A small tree. It can grow 18 m tall. The trunk is 12 cm across. The bark is grey and smooth. The twigs are slender and light brown. They are finely hairy when young. The leaves are opposite in 2 rows. They are 2-3 cm long by 1 cm wide. The tip has a long blunt point. They are dull green above and paler underneath. The flowers are small and white.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.12
Mature height (meter) 18.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In Puerto Rico it grows to 800 m above sea level.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
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Productivity -

Images

Habit

Eugenia monticola habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Eugenia monticola habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Eugenia monticola habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Eugenia monticola leaf picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-sa)
Eugenia monticola leaf picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-sa)
Eugenia monticola leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Eugenia monticola fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-sa)
Eugenia monticola fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-sa)
Eugenia monticola fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Eugenia monticola world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Eugenia monticola threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:595185-1
WFO ID wfo-0000958176
COL ID 3C5HL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629693
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Myrtus micrantha Myrtus monticola Emurtia micrantha Eugenia canescens Eugenia flavovirens Eugenia insularis Eugenia maleolens Eugenia obtusata Eugenia micrantha Eugenia poiretii Eugenia foetida var. parvifolia Eugenia monticola var. flavo-virens Eugenia baruensis var. latifolia Eugenia foetida var. maleolens Eugenia monticola var. latifolia Eugenia flavovirens var. obscura Eugenia flavovirens var. pallida Eugenia monticola