Eugenia procera
(Sw.) Poir.
Ironwood
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Description
A small tropical tree of the Myrtaceae family with edible fruit.
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Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten.
Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Central America, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, North America, Puerto Rico, South America*, USA, Virgin Islands, West Indies*,
Cultivation
The plant is often found in dry alkaline soils in the wild. The flowers are fragrant.
Other Uses
The ash-coloured wood is hard and flexible. It is used for stakes and to make charcoal. The heartwood is a ight yellow-brown, the sap-wood somewhat darker. It is close-grained and compact, very heavy, exceedingly hard and very strong. This report is likely to have been misapplied to this species.
Synonyms
References (4)
- Ekman Herbarium records Haiti
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 300
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 357
- Plants of Haiti Smithsonian Institute http://botany.si.edu/antilles/West Indies
