Myrtaceae FAMILY
Eugenia pluriflora
Eugenia pluriflora
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Eugenia pluriflora is a deciduous shrub or small tree with a sparse, irregular crown; it can grow up to 8 metres tall. The slightly grooved bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 as a food and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.
HabitatAn understorey plant in Araucaria forests and gallery forests; more commonly on dry, rocky grasslands with sparse vegetation[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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. ].