Eugenia pisiformis
Cambess.
Myrtaceae
Eugenia microcarpa O.Berg
Eugenia sericea O.Berg
Eugenia tinguyensis Cambess.
Eugenia vicozensis O.Berg
Common Name:
General Information
Eugenia pisiformis is an evergreen shrub or a tree that usually grows around 2 - 7 metres tall.
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
S. America - eastern and southern Brazil
Habitat
Tropical rainforest, seasonally dry forests and coastal forests.
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Evergreen Shrub |
| Height | 3.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Eugenia pisiformis is a plant of the seasonally dry tropics
Edible Uses
Fruit[
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.
,
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
]. The red, globose fruit is around 12 - 18mm in diameter, containing 1 - 2 seeds.
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
