Eugenia rhombea (O.Berg) Krug & Urb.

Red stopper (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Eugenia

Characteristics

An evergreen shrub or small tree. The crown is oval. It can grow 6 m tall. The fruit is round and red and 1 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0 - 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.9
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in deciduous forest and scrub. It grows between 700-1,500 m above sea level. It is best in an open sunny position but can tolerate some shade. Once established in is drought tolerant.
More
In deciduous forest and scrub, at or near sea level, or on very dry, rocky hillsides at elevations of 700-1,500 metres. An understory tree in limestone soils in coastal uplands in Florida.
Light 3-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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

Cultivation

It can be grown as a hedge.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Eugenia rhombea unspecified picture

Distribution

Eugenia rhombea world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Eugenia rhombea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:595764-1
WFO ID wfo-0000958838
COL ID 3C64S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 633480
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Synonyms

Eugenia fiscalensis Eugenia leptopa Eugenia pusilana Eugenia rhombea Eugenia foetida var. rhombea