Siphoneugena densiflora O.Berg

Hoja menuda (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Siphoneugena

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 4-12 m tall. The trunk is short and crooked. The leaves are narrowly oval and taper to a long tip. They are papery and 4-14 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. They are white. The fruit is a smooth berry with sweet pulp. The fruit are 1 cm across. There are 1-4 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 10.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountains and rocky grasslands in semi-deciduous forests in Brazil.
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Semideciduous and gallery forests; rocky grasslands; favouring mountainous areas with good drainage.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses charcoal wood
Edible fruits seeds
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds. The seeds are collected by shaking ripe fruit onto canvas then allowing the fruit to partly decompose so that the seeds can be washed out under running water. Seeds need to be planted fresh in light shade. Seedlings emerge in 30-40 days.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Siphoneugena densiflora unspecified picture

Distribution

Siphoneugena densiflora world distribution map, present in Brazil, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Martinique, and Puerto Rico

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:601229-1
WFO ID wfo-0000311347
COL ID 4XPLP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630678
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Paramitranthes densiflora Siphoneugena densiflora Calycorectes densiflorus Eugenia chnoosepala var. latifolia Eugenia chnoosepala var. chnoosepala

Lower taxons

Siphoneugena densiflora var. densiflora