Eugenia supraaxillaris
Spring ex Mart.
Myrtaceae
Eugenia axillaris Vell.
Eugenia cambucarana Kiaersk.
Eugenia convexinervia D.Legrand
Common Name:
General Information
Eugenia supraaxillaris is an evergreenl tree with a dense crown of twisted and tangled branches; it can grow around 4 - 25 metres tall with a stem up to 60cm in diameter[
549- Title
- Flore Forestiere Du Globe
- Publication
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- Author
- Chnacerel L.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Gauthier-Villars et Co.; Paris.
- Year
- 1920
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Written in French, a very detailed work on the timbers of the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Eugenia supraaxillaris has a wide range in eastern Brazil and is known from many localities. It does not appear to be facing any major threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[
338- Title
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Publication
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- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
S. America - southern and eastern Brazil
Habitat
Not known
Properties
| Conservation Status | Least Concern |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 8.00 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Eugenia supraaxillaris is a plant of the seasonally dry tropics.
Edible Uses
Fruit - raw[
2- Title
- Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World.
- Publication
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- 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
]. The orange, pear-shaped fruit is 20 - 24mm long and 17 - 23mm in diameter.
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The dark yellow wood has darker spots and veins, it is fine-grained and fairly hard.
The' pequena' variety has an average density of 1044 kilos and is not subject to cracking on desiccation - it is used for outdoor work and for applications in sea water.
The' graudo' variety has a density of 885 kilos and cracks frequently - it is preferably used for interior works[
549- Title
- Flore Forestiere Du Globe
- Publication
-
- Author
- Chnacerel L.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Gauthier-Villars et Co.; Paris.
- Year
- 1920
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Written in French, a very detailed work on the timbers of the world. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. (As Eugenia axillaris Vell.)
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
