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Eugenia uniflora

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Identification
Eugenia uniflora L. [family MYRTACEAE ]
Related name
  • Eugenia uniflora
Common name
  • pitaŋga (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KRIO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • pitanga (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • cerisier de Cayenne; cerise carrée; cerise à côtes; pitanga du Brésil., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • Pitanga cherry; Brazil Cherry; Barbados cherry; Surinam cherry; Cayenne cherry., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for EUGENIA uniflora L. [family MYRTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2001) Author: B Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Names
EUGENIA uniflora L. [family MYRTACEAE]
Information
Much-branched shrub or smalltree 3–10 m tall, leaves ovate, 2–6.3 cm long, 1.3–3.3 cm wide, obtuse or obtusely acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, glabrous; petiole 2 mm long; flowers solitary or ± 4 in fascicles; pedicels slender, 1.5–2.5 cm long, glabrous, with oblong brown gland-dotted bracts 7 mm long at base. Calyx-lobes 4 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, reflexed. Petals white. Stamens 50–60. Fruit green turning orange, bright red, deep scarlet or dark purplish maroon (almost black), oblate, 1.4–2.5 cm diameter, 7–8-ribbed, juicy and edible with either 1 large or 2–3 smaller seeds.
Notes
E. uniflora L. the Surinam or pitanga cherry (but also has many other names), a native of Surinam, Guyana, French Guiana and S to Brazil and Uruguay has been cultivated at Entebbe Botanic Gardens (Uganda, Mengo District: Snowden 1829), Nairobi (Kenya, Nairobi District: Mathenge 463, Williams Sangai 548, Mwangangi 2027), Amani and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania, Lushoto District: Greenway 934, 2922, Ruffo 626 & Uzaramo District: Ruffo 595), often as a hedge plant (T.T.C.L.: 377 (1949)).

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