Eugenia eggersii
Kiaersk.
Myrtaceae
Eugenia cacuminis Alain
Eugenia cacuminoides Govaerts
Common Name: Guasávara
General Information
Eugenia eggersii is an evergreen shrub or a tree that can grow up to 18 metres tall with a trunk 30 - 37cm in diameter[
567- Title
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 8
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office; Washington.
- Year
- 1905
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Includes an article on the economic plants of Puerto Rico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
448- Title
- Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Second Volume.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Little E.L.; Woodbury R.O.;Wadsworth F.H.
- Publisher
- USDA, Forest Service; Washington.
- Year
- 1974
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 500 tree species, including both native and exotic species.
Range
Caribbean - Puerto Rico
Habitat
An understorey shrub or a tree in moist limestone, mountain forests; at elevations from 300 - 900 metres[
448- Title
- Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Second Volume.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Little E.L.; Woodbury R.O.;Wadsworth F.H.
- Publisher
- USDA, Forest Service; Washington.
- Year
- 1974
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 500 tree species, including both native and exotic species.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Evergreen Tree |
| Height | 8.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw[
335- Title
- Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics : an Inventory
- Publication
-
- Author
- Martin, F. W.; Campbell, C. W.; Rubertbe, R. M.
- Publisher
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
- Year
- 1987
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A booklet giving terse details of almost 300 species of edible fruits, plus regional lists of Botanical and Common names for over 2,500 less well-known edible fruits of the tropics.
,
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
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The flesh-coloured wood is hard, strong and compact. It breaks obliquely. Its most common use is for fences and for fuel[
567- Title
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 8
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office; Washington.
- Year
- 1905
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Includes an article on the economic plants of Puerto Rico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
Propagation
Seed -
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with help from
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