Eugenia dulcis
O.Berg
Myrtaceae
This is an accepted name according to Plants of the World online (see https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:594312-1 accessed 17/04/2023), whilst the Flora e Funga do Brasil says that it is of uncertain application (see http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/BemVindoConsultaPublicaConsultar.do?invalidatePageControlCounter=1&idsFilhosAlgas=%5B2%5D&idsFilhosFungos=%5B1%2C11%2C10%5D&lingua=&grupo=6&familia=null&genero=Eugenia&especie=dulcis&autor=&nomeVernaculo=&nomeCompleto=&formaVida=null&substrato=null&ocorreBrasil=QUALQUER&ocorrencia=OCORRE&endemismo=TODOS&origem=TODOS®iao=QUALQUER&estado=QUALQUER&ilhaOceanica=32767&domFitogeograficos=QUALQUER&bacia=QUALQUER&vegetacao=TODOS&mostrarAte=SUBESP_VAR&opcoesBusca=TODOS_OS_NOMES&loginUsuario=Visitante&senhaUsuario=&contexto=consulta-publica Accessed 17/04/2023)
Common Name:
General Information
Eugenia dulcis is an evergreen shrub
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
S. America - southern Brazil (São Paulo)
Habitat
Not known
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Evergreen Shrub |
| Height | 0.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw[
2- Title
- Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Hedrick. U. P.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Year
- 1972
- ISBN
- 0-486-20459-6
- Description
- Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.
,
1438- Title
- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
]. A sweet flavour. The red, oval fruit is around 12mm long and 5mm wide.
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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