Myrtaceae FAMILY

Eugenia francavilleana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eugenia francavilleana is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a dense, pyramidal crown when young, becoming more open and globose in older trees, growing 4 - 6 metres tall. The straight and more or less cylindrical bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland or establishing woodland gardens and, with its elegant crown, it can be used for landscaping[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - central and eastern Brazil.

HabitatSemideciduous forests, in both dense primary and the more open, secondary formations; favouring well-drained, sandy soils on gentle slopes and plateaux[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].