Myrtaceae FAMILY

Eugenia ramboi

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eugenia ramboi is an evergreen tree with a dense, elongate crown; it can grow 6 - 20 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 30 - 40cm 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food and wood. It can be used as a pioneer species for restoring native woodland and for establishing woodland gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest and semideciduous seasonal forests, usually as an understorey or canopy tree in primary forest but also found in open places[ 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. ].