Eugenia ramboi D.Legrand

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eugenia

Characteristics

An evergreen tree. It grows 6-20 m high. The trunk is straight and 30-40 cm across. The leaves are 4-5 cm long by 2 cm wide. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. The fruit are round and smooth. There is usually a single seed.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 9.5 - 16.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Atlantic rainforest and semideciduous seasonal forests, usually as an understorey or canopy tree in primary forest but also found in open places.
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows in seasonal semi-deciduous forests. In Argentina it grows below 800 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds. The seeds are collected from ripe fruit and the fruit are put into plastic bags to make them partly decompose to make removing the pulp more easy. Seedlings emerge in 30-50 days.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Eugenia ramboi world distribution map, present in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:98920-2
WFO ID wfo-0000958792
COL ID 3C63C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Eugenia ramboi