Eugenia punicifolia
Eugenia punicifolia
Synonyms: Eugenia obversa, Eugenia ovalifolia, Eugenia dipoda, Eugenia maximiliana, Eugenia linearifolia, Eugenia pyrroclada, Eugenia chacoensis, Eugenia mugiensis, Eugenia pyramidalis, Eugenia platyclada var. microphylla, Eugenia polyphylla var. obovata, Eugenia diantha var. glabra, Eugenia obtusifolia, Eugenia punicifolia var. subalterna, Eugenia punicifolia var. brachypoda, Eugenia triphylla, Eugenia vaga, Eugenia surinamensis var. impunctata, Eugenia fruticulosa, Eugenia ciarensis, Eugenia suffruticosa var. opaca, Eugenia glareosa, Myrtus arbutifolia, Eugenia kunthiana var. pellucida, Eugenia spathulata, Eugenia linearifolia var. oppositifolia, Eugenia surinamensis, Eugenia dipoda f. grandifolia, Eugenia diantha, Eugenia polyphylla, Eugenia pyramidalis var. angustifolia, Eugenia spathophylla, Eugenia platyclada var. ovalis, Pseudomyrcianthes kochiana, Eugenia arbutifolia var. pallida, Eugenia psammophila, Eugenia calycolpoides, Eugenia arbutifolia, Eugenia romana, Eugenia rubrescens, Eugenia dipoda var. brachypoda, Eugenia rufoflavescens, Eugenia platyclada, Eugenia pyrroclada var. guianensis, Eugenia vaga var. pumila, Eugenia vaga var. brasiliensis, Eugenia clinocarpa, Eugenia romana var. pickeli, Eugenia vaga var. rigida, Eugenia myrtillifolia, Eugenia erythroxyloides, Eugenia platyclada var. multiflora, Eugenia diantha var. ciliata, Eugenia dasyantha, Eugenia sabulosa, Eugenia platyclada var. cuneata, Eugenia prominens, Eugenia insipida, Eugenia pungens var. subalterna, Eugenia subcorymbosa, Eugenia decorticans, Eugenia oleifolia, Eugenia surinamensis var. punctata, Eugenia suffruticosa var. latifolia, Eugenia sancta, Eugenia rhombocarpa, Eugenia diversiflora, Eugenia linearifolia var. ternifolia, Eugenia benthamii, Eugenia ambigua, Eugenia kunthiana var. opaca, Eugenia kochiana, Eugenia phillyraeoides, Eugenia subalterna, Eugenia flava, Psidium sylvestre, Eugenia vaga var. brachypoda, Eugenia arctostaphyloides var. ovalis, Eugenia arctostaphyloides, Eugenia psychotrioides, Eugenia arbutifolia var. obscura, Myrtus punicifolia, Eugenia suffruticosa var. laeta, Eugenia suffruticosa, Eugenia coarensis, Myrtus oleifolia, Emurtia punicifolia, Eugenia nhanica, Eugenia pyrroclada var. columbiensis, Eugenia vaga var. punicifolia, Eugenia kunthiana, Eugenia vaga var. dipoda, Eugenia boliviensis, Eugenia macroclada
Western Herbalism Properties
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Botanical Description
Eugenia punicifolia is a variable evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Myrtaceae, widely distributed across tropical South America from the Guianas and Venezuela south through Amazonian and Cerrado Brazil to Bolivia and Paraguay, where it grows in savanna, gallery forest, restinga and rocky open vegetation. It typically reaches 1-4 m, occasionally taller, with smooth, light-grey to brownish, peeling bark and slender quadrangular young shoots. The opposite leaves are leathery, ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 4-10 cm long, glossy dark green above and lighter beneath, with conspicuous translucent oil glands. Small, four-petalled, fragrant white flowers about 1 cm across are borne singly or in few-flowered axillary clusters with a prominent boss of long white stamens, and are followed by globose, fleshy, red to purplish-black, edible berries 1-1.5 cm across containing one or two seeds.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
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