- Family:
- Myrtaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Eugenia P.Micheli ex L.
Eugenia brasiliensis Lam.
[FTEA]
Myrtaceae, B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2001
- Morphology General Habit
- A slender ornamental tree 7.5–15 m tall with reddish young shoots.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves ovate or oblong-obovate, 6.3–16 cm long, 2.5–6.3 cm wide, obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base, coriaceous; petiole 1 cm long; flowers solitary; pedicels 2.5–5 cm long with 2 basal narrowly elliptic densely glandular-pustulate bracts 1.3 cm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-lobes green.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals white, 1.5 cm long; fruit green turning bright red to dark purple or nearly black, oblate, 1.2–2 cm diameter with persistent sepals 1.25 cm long, edible.
Native to:
Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
Introduced into:
Comoros, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Trinidad-Tobago
- Eugenia bracteolaris Lam. ex DC.
- Eugenia brasiliensis var. erythrocarpa Cambess.
- Eugenia brasiliensis var. leucocarpa Cambess.
- Eugenia dombeyi Skeels
- Eugenia filipes Baill.
- Eugenia ubensis Cambess.
- Myrtus dombeyi Spreng.
- Myrtus grumixama Vell.
- Stenocalyx brasiliensis (Lam.) O.Berg
- Stenocalyx brasiliensis var. erythrocarpa (Cambess.) O.Berg
- Stenocalyx brasiliensis var. iocarpa O.Berg
- Stenocalyx brasiliensis var. leucocarpa (Cambess.) O.Berg
- Stenocalyx brasiliensis var. silvestris O.Berg
- Stenocalyx ubensis (Cambess.) O.Berg
- English
- Brazil Cherry
Eugenia brasiliensis Lam. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2017 | Rezende, G.S.Z. [59], Brazil | K001018501 | Yes | ||
| Jul 11, 2013 | Burchell, W.J. [3605], Brazil | K001018513 | Yes | ||
| Nov 1, 2012 | Faria [3002], Rio de Janeiro | K000065912 | No | ||
| Jan 1, 2012 | Pirani, J.R. et al. [CFCR 13475], Brazil Southeast | K000567144 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 2012 | Pirani, J.R. et al. [CFCR13380], Brazil Southeast | K000567145 | Yes | ||
| Feb 1, 2009 | Forzza [4717], Brazil | K000565177 | Yes | ||
| Mar 27, 2006 | Folli, D.A. [4939], Brazil | K000275798 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 2006 | Forzza, R.C. [3663], Brazil | K001018517 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 2005 | Gomes, A.I. [s.n.], Brazil | K001018511 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 2005 | s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil | K001018512 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 2005 | Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil | K001018510 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 2005 | Gardner [4686], Brazil | K001018508 | Yes | ||
| Oct 1, 2003 | Mazine, F.F. [1012], Brazil | K001018505 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1999 | Silva, J.M. [2427], Brazil | K001018520 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1997 | Hatschbach, G.G. [61564], Brazil | K001018522 | Yes | ||
| May 1, 1991 | Vaz, A.F. [698], Brazil | K001018504 | Yes | ||
| Oct 1, 1988 | Gomes, M. [350], Brazil | K001018509 | Yes | ||
| Jun 8, 1988 | Peron, M. [257], Brazil | K001018519 | Yes | ||
| Apr 3, 1970 | Angeli, C. [s.n.], Brazil | K001018499 | Yes | ||
| Jul 7, 1962 | Angeli, C. [241], Brazil | K001018497 | Yes | ||
| Jul 7, 1962 | Angeli, C. [198], Brazil | K001018494 | Yes | ||
| Jan 1, 1961 | Klein, R.M. [1645], Brazil | K001018502 | Yes | ||
| Holst, B.K. [8871] | K000066148 | No | |||
| Ramkissoon, R. [s.n.], Trinidad & Tobago | K001002438 | Yes | |||
| Silva Neto, S.J. [473], Brazil | K001018514 | Yes | |||
| Vauthier [s.n.], Brazil | K001018521 | Yes | |||
| Friedmann, F. [2905], Reunion | K001001303 | Yes | |||
| Riedel [500], Brazil | K001018506 | Yes | |||
| Randrianjafy, J.N. [8633], Madagascar | K001001302 | Yes | |||
| Gardner [4686], Brazil | K001018498 | Yes | |||
| Silva-Neto, S.J. [1525], Brazil | K001018515 | Yes | |||
| s.coll [s.n.], United Kingdom | K001003309 | Yes | |||
| Cadet, Th. [5434], Reunion | K001001301 | Yes | |||
| s.coll [s.n.], United Kingdom | K001003310 | Yes | |||
| Lima, H.C. de [1103], Brazil | K001018518 | Yes | |||
| Lucas, E.J. [126], Brazil | K001018516 | Yes | |||
| Miers, J. [3133], Brazil | K001018495 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil | K001018524 | Yes | |||
| Gardner [44], Brazil | K001018493 | Yes | |||
| Gardner [44], Brazil | K001018525 | Yes | |||
| Ribeiro, R.D. [1313], Brazil | K001051631 | Yes | |||
| Pessoal do Horto Florestal [s.n.], Brazil | K001018503 | Yes | |||
| Bausen, E. [137], Brazil | K001018507 | Yes | |||
| Vasconcelos [498], Brazil | K000065913 | No | |||
| Burchell, W.J. [992], Brazil | K001018523 | Yes | |||
| Attié, M.C.B. [46], Brazil | K001051849 | Yes | |||
| Marquete, R. [628], Brazil | K001018500 | Yes | |||
| Ramkissoon, R. [932], Trinidad & Tobago | K001002439 | Yes | |||
| Glaziou [10803], Brazil | K001018496 | Yes |
First published in Encycl. 3: 203 (1789)
Accepted by
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Byng, J.W. & al. (2016). Revision of Eugenia and Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the Comoro archipelago Phytotaxa 252: 162-184.
- Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
- Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe Bothalia 41: 41-82.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
- Starr, F. & Starr, K. (2011). New plant records for Midway atoll, Maui and Kaho'olawe Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 110: 23-35.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Byng, J.W. & al. (2016). Revision of Eugenia and Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from the Comoro archipelago Phytotaxa 252: 162-184.
- Figueiredo, E., Paiva, J., Stévart, T., Oliveira, F. & Smith, G.F. (2011). Annotated catalogue of the flowering plants of São Tomé and Príncipe Bothalia 41: 41-82.
- Starr, F. & Starr, K. (2011). New plant records for Midway atoll, Maui and Kaho'olawe Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 110: 23-35.
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