Eugenia eurycheila
O.Berg
Myrtaceae
Common Name:
General Information
Eugenia eurycheila is an evergreen shrub or a tree growing up to 7 metres tall[
422- Title
- Fruits of the Guianan Flora
- Publication
-
- Author
- van Roosmalen. M.G.M.
- Publisher
- Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands.
- Year
- 1985
- ISBN
- 90-9000988-4
- Description
- Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. The Kayapó people in northern Brazil plant this and several other species in 'islands' to form more densely woody areas (known as apêtê), rich in useful plants, in the scrub savannah[
2150- Title
- Management of a Tropical Scrub Savanna by the Gorotire Kayapó of Brazil
- Publication
- Advances in Economic Botany 7: 159-173, 1989
- Author
- Anderson A.B., Posey D.A.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1989
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Eugenia eurycheila
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
Northern S. America - Guyana, northern Brazil
Habitat
On rocks, especially along rivers, in mountainous regions[
422- Title
- Fruits of the Guianan Flora
- Publication
-
- Author
- van Roosmalen. M.G.M.
- Publisher
- Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands.
- Year
- 1985
- ISBN
- 90-9000988-4
- Description
- Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Evergreen Tree |
| Height | 5.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Semi-cultivated, Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw[
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
,
2150- Title
- Management of a Tropical Scrub Savanna by the Gorotire Kayapó of Brazil
- Publication
- Advances in Economic Botany 7: 159-173, 1989
- Author
- Anderson A.B., Posey D.A.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1989
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
]. The globose fruit is about 12mm in diameter[
422- Title
- Fruits of the Guianan Flora
- Publication
-
- Author
- van Roosmalen. M.G.M.
- Publisher
- Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands.
- Year
- 1985
- ISBN
- 90-9000988-4
- Description
- Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat.
].
Medicinal
The plant is used medicinally[
2150- Title
- Management of a Tropical Scrub Savanna by the Gorotire Kayapó of Brazil
- Publication
- Advances in Economic Botany 7: 159-173, 1989
- Author
- Anderson A.B., Posey D.A.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 1989
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
]. No more information.
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
