Eugenia memecyloides
Benth.
Myrtaceae Edible: Fruit
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Meise Botanic Garden
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Meise Botanic Garden
Description
A shrub or small tree. The stems are 1.3 m tall. The fruit are about 1 cm across.
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Edible Uses
The fruit is edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Liberia, West Africa,
References (2)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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