Eugenia egensis

Botanical Description

Eugenia egensis is an evergreen shrub or a small tree growing around 3 - 6 metres tall, occasionally reaching 10 metres[ 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. , 757 Title Fruit Trees and Useful Plants in Amazonian Life Publication Non-Wood Forest Products 20. Author Shanley P.; Cymerys M.; Serra M.; Medina G. (Editors) Website http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2360e/i2360e.pdf Publisher FAO, United Nations Year 2011 ISBN 978-92-5-107007-9 Description Quite a lot of information on a number of useful plants growing in the Amazon. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood. Eugenia egensis has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication 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. ].