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)

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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[

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 -

Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2024-11-25. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Eugenia+dulcis>

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