(Last Modified On 12/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/19/2012)
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Species
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EUGENIA UNIFLORA L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 470. 1753.
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Synonym
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Eugenia michelii Lam. Encycl. 3:203. 1789. Stenocalyx michelii (Lam.) Berg, in Linnaea 27:3 10. 1856.
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Description
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Shrubs or small trees 3-10 m. high. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, obtuse to rounded or subcordate at the base, 2.5-6.0 cm. long and 1.5- 3.5 cm. broad, chartaceous, glabrous, lateral nerves prominulous on both sides, arcuate-anastomosing at about 3 mm. within the margin, the veins laxly reticulate; petiole about 2 mm. long. Flowers solitary in the axils of bracts at the base of young shoots or sometimes in fascicles of 4-8; bracts scarious, up to 5 mm. long. Pedicels slender, glabrous, 1.5-2.0 cm. long. Sepals oblong, ciliate, up to 4 mm. long, glabrous. Petals obovate, unguiculate, 8-12 mm. long. Ovary glabrous, 8-ribbed, 2-celled; cells several (10-14-) ovulate; placenta peltate, thickened in the middle. Berry depressed-globose, 8-ribbed, 1-seeded, 2.5-3.0 cm. in diameter, red, edible. Cotyledons partly free.
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Habit
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Shrubs or small trees
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Distribution
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Cultivated in the tropics and subtropics, native of tropical America.
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Note
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The fruits are edible, sweet, aromatic and of excellent flavor. The shrubs are especially well-adapted to cultivation as a hedge plant (Standley). Vernacular name: Surinam Cherry.
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Common
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Surinam Cherry
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck 7I.
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