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Eugenia pseudopsidium

Eugenia pseudopsidium

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

Eugenia pseudopsidium is a plant of lowlands in the moist tropics. In Puerto Rico it is found in areas that receive around 1,400 - 2,200mm annual precipitation[1]. A shade tolerant plant, it prefers medium to heavy-textured soils derived from sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic (including ultramafic) rocks. It does not appear sensitive to topographic position but rarely if ever grows on excessively or very poorly drained soils[1]. The plant can start flowering when less than 100cm tall[2]. It flowers and produces fruit irregularly throughout the year[1]. Understorey plants produce fruits in small numbers; plants receiving increased sunlight in gaps or thinned canopies produce several times more fruits[1]. The plant usually resprouts well after cutting back or damage[1].

Propagation

Seed -. In one trial, 81% of freshly collected seeds germinated within 59 - 143 days from sowing[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Eugenia+pseudopsidium>

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References

  1. [1]Wildland Shrubs of the United States and its Territories: Thamnic Descriptions — Francis J.K. (Editor) · USDA; Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestr · 2000 · http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/wildland_shrubs.htm ↩︎An excellent series of papers, in PDF format, from various authors giving quite detailed information on a range of shrubs growing in the United States and its Territories. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  2. [2]Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Second Volume. — Little E.L.; Woodbury R.O.;Wadsworth F.H. · USDA, Forest Service; Washington. · 1974 ↩︎Contains detailed information, and usually an illustration, on 500 tree species, including both native and exotic species.
  3. [3]Flora of Dominica, Part 2: Dicotyledoneae — Nicolson D.H.; et al · Smithsonian Institute Press; Washington · 1991 · http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/ · ISBN 90-10415 ↩︎A terse but very useful flora with a somewhat limited botanical description plus range, habitat and some uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  4. [4]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  5. [5]Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North, — Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M. · 2014 ↩︎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
  6. [6]Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. — Hedrick. U. P. · Dover Publications · 1972 · ISBN 0-486-20459-6 ↩︎Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.