Myrtaceae
Myrcianthes

Myrcianthes fragrans (Sw.) McVaugh

First published in Fieldiana, Bot. 29: 485 (1963)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Florida to Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular
CHERRY
Morphology General Habit
Aromatic shrub or small tree to 7 m tall or more, the bark smooth and whitish, the young branchlets and petioles puberulous; leaves narrowly obovate or elliptic, mostly 1.5–4 cm long, blunt or slightly notched at the apex, the margins more or less revolute, densely gland-dotted on both sides, glabrous except for the short petiole
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncles usually solitary, 1.5–3.5 cm long, usually 3-flowered, but occasionally the flowers 1 or 7. Hypanthium puberulous, 2–2.5 mm long; calyx-lobes in two unequal pairs; petals white, 4–6 mm long, gland-dotted
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Berry black, up to 1 cm in diameter, usually with a single bean-shaped seed maturing.
Distribution
Cayman Islands. Florida, West Indies, Mexico and C. America, and northern Venezuela, varying considerably from one region to another. The Cayman population described above closely resembles that of Cuba and the Bahamas, and is quite unlike that typical of Jamaica.
Ecology
It grows in rocky thickets and woodlands.
[Cayman]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/129105140/129134242

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 50–2560 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Norte de Santander, San Andrés y Providencia, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Shrub, Small tree.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 50 - 2560 m.; Andes, Islas Caribeñas.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto, arbolito
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 50 - 2560 m.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Morphology General Habit
Shrub or tree.
[UPB]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/36385/9993415

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Uses

Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

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