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Myrcianthes fragrans (Sw.) Mcvaugh

Twinberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Myrcianthes

Characteristics

A small tree. It grows 6 m tall. The bark is smooth. The leaves are narrowly oval and 8 cm long. The leaves are dark green. They have a nutmeg scent. The flowers are small and white. The fruit are red. They are 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) 4.5 - 7.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in moist forests. It suits USDA hardiness zone 9B.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Colic (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Vaginamegaly (unspecified), Aphrodisiac(Chinese) (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Labor (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Myrcianthes fragrans leaf picture by kara paul (cc-by-sa)
Myrcianthes fragrans leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Myrcianthes fragrans leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Myrcianthes fragrans flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Myrcianthes fragrans flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Myrcianthes fragrans flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Myrcianthes fragrans world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Myrcianthes fragrans threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166091-2
WFO ID wfo-0000248020
COL ID 457YB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630206
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Myrcia punctata Myrcia seleriana Myrcianthes fragrans Myrtus balsamica Myrtus compressa Myrtus dichotoma Myrtus guayabillo Myrtus guayabo Myrtus limbata Myrcianthes dicrana Myrcianthes dugandii Myrcianthes limbata Myrcianthes simpsonii Myrtus punctata Pseudocaryophyllus heteroclitus Myrcianthes compressa Myrcia balbisiana Myrtus fragrans Cumetea fragrans Eugenia balbisiana Eugenia dichotoma Eugenia dicrana Eugenia granulata Eugenia limbata Eugenia lucayana Eugenia rondonensis Eugenia simpsonii Eugenia turumiquirensis Amyrsia limbata Anamomis dicrana Anamomis fragrans Anamomis grandis Anamomis guayabillo Eugenia dugandii Eugenia lopeziana Eugenia steyermarkii Amyrsia compressa Anamomis dichotoma Eugenia balsamica Eugenia guayabillo Eugenia heteroclita Eugenia triflora Anamomis lucayana Anamomis punctata Anamomis simpsonii Eugenia compressa Amyrsia compressa Myrcia heteroclita Eugenia punctata Eugenia fragrans Myrcianthes fragrans var. hispidula Myrcianthes fragrans subsp. simpsonii Myrcianthes fragrans var. simpsonii Anamomis fragrans var. cuneata Anamomis punctata var. dichotoma Eugenia balbisiana var. dives Eugenia balbisiana var. triflora Eugenia dichotoma var. fragrans Eugenia fragrans var. brachyrhiza Eugenia fragrans var. obovata Anamomis fragrans var. brachyrhiza Myrcianthes fragrans var. fragrans Eugenia aromatica Myrtus heteroclita
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